Turquoise, Water, Sky : Meaning and Beauty in Southwest Native Arts

Name: Turquoise, Water, Sky
Brand: Museum of New Mexico Press
SKU: 9780890136041
Price: 5900 KES
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ISBN: 9780890136041

by Maxine E McBrinn , Ross E Altshuler

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0890136041

ISBN-13 9780890136041

Publisher Museum of New Mexico Press

Imprint Museum of New Mexico Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 15th, 2015

Print length 172 Pages

Weight 960 grams

Dimensions 28.40 x 23.20 x 1.60 cms

Product Classification: Art of indigenous peoples History of art Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Indigenous peoples Chemistry of minerals, crystals and gems Mineralogy & gems

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This book provides an overview of the uses of turquoise in native arts of the Southwest, beginning with the earliest people who mined and processed the stone for use in jewellery, on decorative objects, and as a powerful element in ceremony. In the past, as now, turquoise was valued for its color and beauty but also for its symbolic nature: sky, water, health, protection, abundance. The book traces historical and contemporary jewellery made by Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, and Santo Domingo artisans, and the continuously inventive ways the stone has been worked.

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