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050 00 $aE78.G73$bP3513 1993
082 00 $a750/.89/974$220
130 0 $aParures d'histoire.$lEnglish.
245 10 $aRobes of splendor :$bNative American painted buffalo hides /$cedited by George P. Horse Capture, Anne Vitart, and W. Richard West ; photographs of the hides by Daniel Ponsard.
260 $aNew York :$bNew Press,$c[1993], ©1993.
263 $a9311
300 $a143 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aTranslation of: Parures d'histoire.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aPreface / W. Richard West, Jr. -- Invitation to a Voyage / Michel Waldberg -- From Royal Cabinets to Museums : A Composite History / Anne Vitart -- From Museums to Indians : Native American Art in Context / George P. Horse Capture -- Gallery of Hides / George P. Horse Capture -- Epilogue / Anne Vitart.
520 $aThis is the first U.S. publication of an extraordinary collection of native American art, unknown to contemporary American audiences. For centuries, ornamental robes made of buffalo hide were painted by artists of the various Indian nations. Brought back to the French kings in the eighteenth century, the robes represented here are now housed in the Musee de l'Homme in Paris, and together they make a stunning tribute to a bygone art form.
520 8 $aThese robes, spectacularly executed and perfectly conserved, offer an incomparable pictographic representation of early native American life. As George P. Horse Capture observes in his essay on the craft and history of buffalo hide painting, we see the largely symbolic, complex geometric patterns painted by women contrasted with the more realistic, narrative scenes painted by men, depicting battles and dances.
520 8 $aBoth kinds of design played an important role in native American society as messages for tribe members, as well as for their visitors, and both share a powerful visual appeal. With introductory and historical essays by three leading experts on native American art, a preface by W. Richard West, Jr., the director of the National Museum of the American Indian, and over a hundred photographs of the hides, this splendid volume is sure to be a treasure in any collection.
650 0 $aIndian painting$zGreat Plains.
650 0 $aIndian leatherwork$zGreat Plains.
610 20 $aMusée de l'homme (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle)$vCatalogs.
700 1 $aHorse Capture, George P.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78033971
700 1 $aVitart, Anne.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93069125
700 1 $aWest, W. Richard.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93069121
740 0 $aPainted buffalo hides.
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