Treasures of the National Museum of the American Indian - Smithsonian Institute

This impressive little volume offers a far-ranging overview of the world's most significant collection of Native American art, exhibited at the George Gustav Heye Center in New York as well as a new museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

About the author

W. Richard West, Jr., a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and a Peace Chief of the Southern Cheyenne, is founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.

Clara Sue Kidwell, is an academic scholar, historian, feminist and Native American author. She is the former Assistant Director for Cultural Resources at the National Museum of the American Indian and is the director of Native American studies at the University of Oklahoma.

Charlotte Heth and Richard W. Hill, Sr., also played important roles in the development of the museum.

Summary

This Tiny Folio volume provides an impressive overview of the most significant collection of art by Native Americans anywhere in the world.

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Heth, Richard W. Hill, Clara Sue Kidwell, Various, W Richard West, W. Richard West
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2005
• EAN: 9780789208415
• ISBN: 978-0-7892-0841-5
• Dimensions: 102 mm x 111 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 286 g
• Series: Tiny Folios (Hardcover); Tiny Folio; Tiny Folios (Hardcover)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; USA, ART / History / General, Art of indigenous peoples, ART / American / General, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, History of Art, Relating to indigenous peoples, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, United States of America, USA, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Indigenous styles, ART / Indigenous