Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest
The works of contemporary Native artists from the Northwest Coast and desert Southwest regions of North America are enormously popular today, especially in the realm of jewelry. This handsome book-and the traveling exhibition it accompanies-explores how the cultures from each region continue to communicate beliefs and traditions through visual adornment, and examines the cross-cultural influences between the peoples of these very different areas. \ \ The core of the book consists of personal...
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Though published to accompany an exhibition held at the Museum of Natural History in New York (in 2004), this volume is not a catalogue but a stand-alone volume notable especially for the autobiographical essays contributed by 17 Northwest Coast and 22 Southwest artists. Each essay includes a full-page color plate of the artist's work, as well as a photograph of the artist. There are also essays on five earlier artists, including Bill Reid, Charles Edenshaw, Kenneth Begay, and Charles Loloma. The volume, which is oversized (9.25x11.25"), is beautifully illustrated with color plates and some b&w historical photos. Maps and a bibliography are provided. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Foreword6Editor's preface10A note about tribal names12Curators' introduction : jewelry as a visual language16Collecting is an incurable disease28Abundant world of water and wood : the northwest coast32The body transformed : body art and adornment among prehistoric and historic northwest coast people54Northwest coast masters71Charles Edenshaw72Bill Reid74Northwest coast contemporary artists77Jim Hart78Norman Tait80Lyle Wilson82Beau Dick84Evelyn Vanderhoop86Nathan Jackson88Kevin Cranmer90Christian White92Corey Moraes94Dempsey Bob96Dorothy Grant98Will Burkhart100Nick Galanin102Victoria Moody104Marven Tallio106Dan Wallace108Robert Davidson110Dancing for rain under a turquoise sky : the southwest114The southwest "painterly" style and its cultural context148Southwest masters157Kenneth Begay158Preston Monongye160Charles Loloma162Southwest contemporary artists165Jesse Monongya166Angie Owen170Lee Yazzie172Verma Nequatewa174Michael Kabotie176Harvey Begay178Cippy Crazy Horse180Edith Tsabetsaye182Perry Shorty184Veronica Poblano186Raymond C. Yazzie188Mike Bird-Romero190Victor Beck, Sr192Gary Yoyokie, Sr. and Elsie Yoyokie194Vernon Haskie196Martine Lovato198Myron Panteah200Richard Chavez202Ric Charlie204Phil Loretto206Anthony Lovato208James Little210
