The Fine Art of California Indian Basketry

Klappentext After a search through private collections and public museums throughout the country, over sixty stunning examples of California Indian basketry were assembled for this book--some almost two hundred years old, some made within the last few decades. Commenting upon each basket are native basket weavers, California Indian artists in other media, and scholars. Together they provide exciting and intimate insights into this world of subtle yet intense beauty. For thousands of years California Indians have been making baskets, often for the most practical reasons--for use as cradles, cooking and serving vessels, winnowing trays, and dozens of other necessary functions. Over the centuries these baskets have evolved artistically as well, and many people now consider them to be among the world's most beautiful, sophisticated, and cherished art objects. Published in conjunction with the Crocker Art Museum Zusammenfassung After a search through private collections and public museums throughout the country! over sixty stunning examples of California Indian basketry were assembled for this book-some almost two hundred years old! some made within the last few decades. Commenting upon each basket are native basket weavers! California Indian artists in other media! and scholars. Together they provide exciting and intimate insights into this world of subtle yet intense beauty.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Bibby, Bibby Brian
• Publisher: Heyday books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2013
• EAN: 9781597142496
• ISBN: 978-1-59714-249-6
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Humanities, art, music > Art; ART / History / General, Art of indigenous peoples, Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts, ART / Asian / Indian & South Asian, Indigenous Peoples, History of Art, Asian History, The Americas, Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Spinning and weaving, Relating to Native American people, Spinning & weaving, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Weaving & Spinning, HISTORY / Asia / South / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, ART / Indigenous