Turquoise, Water, Sky, Silver - Southwest Native Arts Collector Reference

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Turquoise, Water, Sky: Meaning and Beauty in Southwest Native Arts by: Maxine McBrinn, Ross Altshuler
ISBN:
9780890136041
Book Title:
Turquoise, Water, Sky: Meaning and Beauty in Southwest Native Arts
Author:
Maxine E. McBrinn, Ross E. Altshuler
Binding:
Soft Cover
Copyright:
2015
Pages:
176
Size:
9 x 11 in.
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry.
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 jewelry, 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 jewelry made by Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, and Santo Domingo artisans, and the continuously inventive ways the stone has been worked.
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