Turquoise, Water, Sky : Meaning and Beauty in Southwest Native Arts
Book Details
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 peoplesIndigenous peoplesMineralogy & gems
Ksh 5,900.00
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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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