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Southwestern Indian Rings

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ISBN-10: 0764338757

ISBN-13: 9780764338755

Edition: 2011

Authors: Paula A. Baxter, Barry Katzen

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With a fascinating variety of American Indian rings from the southwestern United States shown in more than 350 color photos, this book provides a design history of these rings, beginning with pre-contact artifacts and continuing through to contemporary artistic innovations. The text surveys key developments in Native American ring design; materials and methods of construction; definitions for historical and vintage rings; master innovators; and the transition from craft to wearable art since 1980. Shortly after the Civil War, Native American artisans began making silver rings set with turquoise, coral, jet, mother-of-pearl, and colored shell, adding lapis, malachite, onyx, and petrified…    
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Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Limited
Publication date: 10/17/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 8.60" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English

Paula Baxter, author of the first published Encyclopedia of Native American Jewelry, also wrote Southwest Silver Jewelry and Southwestern Indian Rings. A former art librarian and curator, she now teaches college in the New York metro area.