Authentic Indian Designs

Authentic Indian Designs by Maria Naylor. Published by Dover Publications Inc, Mineola, NY, 1975. 1st Edition. Paperback. No DJ. Size 4to (up to 12'' tall). Condition: Good. Sm tear top outer edge front cover, sm scratches front cover, balance in very good condition. 219 Pgs. ISBN 0486231704. LCCN 74-17711. This vast Pictorial Archive collection offers you the beauty and vigor of 2500 authentic Indian designs that come from all over the United States, including Alaska, and the Canadian Pacific Coast. Dating from prehistoric times (c. 1000 B.C.) to the end of the 19th century, these designs have been selected from illustrations in the first 44 Annual Reports of the prestigious Bureau of American Ethnology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution, by American and Indian art expert Maria Naylor. This book is a new selection of illustrations from the firs 44 Annual Reports of the Bureau. The original title pages of the first 44th Reports read as follows: First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, 1879-'80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881. Forty-Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, 1926-1927, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1928. The picture selection and all the text in the present edition are by Maria Naylor. Description text copyright 2001 www.BooksForComfort.net. Item ID 4820.