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

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.

About the author

Maxine E. McBrinn is curator at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (Santa Fe, New Mexico).

Summary

The Hollenback letters and photographs provide a grand tour from Ft. Leavenworth to the Grand Canyon, Hopi, and the New Mexico pueblos of Zuni, Acoma, and Laguna.

Product details

• Authors: Ross E Altshuler, Ross E. Altshuler, Maxine McBrinn, Maxine E McBrinn, Maxine E. McBrinn, Altshuler Ross E.
• Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2015
• EAN: 9780890136041
• ISBN: 978-0-89013-604-1
• No. of pages: 172
• Dimensions: 232 mm x 284 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 960 g
• Illustrations: Illustrations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Mineralogy, petrography