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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Wyman Bros. in 1867 in 78 pages; Subjects: India; Indo-Aryan philology; Ural-Altaic languages; Comparative linguistics; Foreign Language Study / Miscellaneous; Foreign Language Study / Native American Languages; History / Asia / India & South Asia; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies; ... Read more

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This faithful reproduction of the Arizona Territory in 1880, drawn by civil engineers of the time, shows mining districts and county lines, telegraph lines, and Indian country. An historical reproduction, the original map was created for the Library of Congress and compiled from surveys, reconnaissances, and other sources.

Paper, one-sided wall map.
Size: 26" x 36"

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This digital document is an article from Journal of the Southwest, published by University of Arizona on September 22, 2000. The length of the article is 2621 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Seri Maps.
Author: James Hills
Publication: Journal of the Southwest (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2000
Publisher: University of Arizona
Volume: 42Issue: 3Page: 577

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Slipcase Edition contains 3 pyramid star maps and 'Sounds of Light' DVD. 'Sounds of Light' DVD ~ Sounds of Light is a compilation of visual symmetry and sound organized into a flow of geometric and artistic expression in a beautiful, revealing and natural flowing manner. Many of Bearclouds animations reveal incredible unseen symbols people are innately connected to. Each of the dozens of animations will take you on a journey into the magic found within this universe of symbols and form. Sounds of Light is a collection of Bearclouds best animations he created over an eleven year span, between the period of 1998 and 2009. They visually transform the unseen existing within every persons makeup, into a visual display of the ever-moving nature of the universe. Welcome as you journey through a cosmos of symbols.Sounds of Light is produced in support of the non-profit, Chameleon Project.7 Fires Book ~ In this spellbinding adventure, a vision comes to Bearcloud of an unusual symbol. He discovered its an obscure ancient symbol from his ancestors of 7000 years ago. Through a series of unusual serendipitous events, he uncovers secrets about the pyramids that have lain dormant for 5000 years. Bearcloud discovers they are part of a hidden star language very similar to his own ancient traditions. As a result, not only does he expose the purpose behind the pyramids but is able to explain them through his own traditions. ... Read more

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We have 3-dimensional maps of most of the mountainous regions of the U.S. Mountain West. Each USGS topographic map covers 2° longitude and 1° latitude. That is about 100 miles east to west and 70 miles north to south, depending on the latitude of the map.

Our USGS maps use raised relief and are a truly exceptional visual and tactile reference. They are appropriate for real estate offices, travel agencies, outdoor enthusiasts, and classroom use. You will be proud to display one of our raised relief maps in any setting.

Contour Interval: 200'
Projection: Transverse Mercator
Horizontal Scale: 1:250k
Vertical Scale: 1:125k
Vertical Exaggeration: 2:1
Size: 31" x 21"

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southwestern indian arts & crafts

an introduction

tom bahti

1964

covering 14 tribes from arizona & 35 tribes from new mexico - this booklet maps the contemporary designs and native american art.Oversized book illustrated and photographed in black & white & color. an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the art of this region.

A good supplement for Hillerman novels.
As with going to the opera, recording are a pail reflection yet help you remember your experience. This book is the next best thing to the real thing. There are colorful pictures depicting many different types of Southwestern Indian Arts and Crafts. It cannot do justice to any one craft but serves as an introduction. Each section on a particular craft shows some of how it is made and the purpose it serves. At the end of each section is a suggestion for further reading.

The double page center shows an outline of Arizona and New Mexico and the contemporary designs from geographic areas. On page 24 is a larger southwest state outline showing the different types of turquoise found and their characteristics. There is also a small section telling that to survive this day and age they are now turning to new materials for their art.

Being a Hillerman fan I tend to gravitate to the Navaho art; however there is a depiction from 35 different tribes.

The wealth of Indian arts and crafts, marvelously presented.
Did you know that the squash blossom necklace, probably the most recognizable of all Navajo jewelry designs, was an innovation only introduced during the 1870s?That most of the pottery produced in Isleta Pueblo is made by only two families?That the famous Zuni cluster jewelry didn't begin to emerge until the 1920s, when turquoise became more readily available for jewelry making?That symbols included in Native American art were often commissioned by traders, who would then concoct a "meaning" for those symbols to please their non-Western buyers?That jewelry was pawned on the Navajo Reservation as late as 1976?That permanent sandpainting art - in contrast to those paintings actually created during a Navajo healing ceremony - didn't emerge until the 1950s and often includes alterations from the paintings' religious meanings to protect the maker from illness?That basket weavers sometimes travel as far as 50 or 100 miles to gather specific plants, but that an hour's work generally earns them no more than a dollar or two in wages?That American coins were barred from being used in silversmithing in the 1890s, but Mexican silver pesos continued to be used for another 40 years, to only then be replaced by sterling silver; that however the Indians never mined the silver used in their jewelry themselves?That the Hopi have well over 200 different katsinas (kachinas), all of which have distinctive meanings?That Native American artists now use materials from as far away as the Kalahari and Siberia in jewelry making?That even today, a tribe's revenue from its crafts averages no more than 1 - 20% of its total income?

Authored by anthropologists Tom and Mark Bahti, with color photographs by Bruce Hucko, on its just over 60 pages "Southwestern Indian Arts and Crafts" provides a comprehensive introduction to every aspect of Native American arts and crafts, from basket weaving and bead making to fetishes, Hopi katsinas, Navajo rugs and sandpaintings, paintings, pottery, silverwork and turquoise jewelry.Along the way, the authors provide not only background information on the origin of each discipline and the materials used, as well as the major methods of manufacture and important recent developments, but they also destroy a few myths, such as the one according to which every symbol used in Indian arts and crafts invariably has a set meaning, or that the squash blossom necklace has been a part of Navajo jewelry since time immemorial.The Bahtis consider the relationship between aesthetics and economics, the importance of the individual in Indian art (such as innovations introduced by certain trendsetting artists) and newly evolving trends, but they also present traditional methods and designs familiar to any visitor to the Southwest, such as Hopi overlay silversmithing, stamped and sandcast Navajo silverwork, concha belts, Zuni jewelry made from a variety of techniques (including mosaic, inlay, cluster, needlepoint and petitpoint), double-stranded Navajo jocla and other beaded necklaces, the major traditional Navajo rug patterns and the meaning of the symmetry-breaking "spirit line," eagle, owl and clown Hopi katsinas, clay storyteller figurines, as well as baskets and pottery in all manner of shapes and styles.A map in the centerfold identifies the major Indian tribes represented and some of the better-known designs associated with them; and the text closes with a few recommendations on buying Indian crafts and their care.

The book's paperback edition looks deceptively like the cheap, flashy pseudo-"guides" on Southwestern culture all too often found near the cashiers of the region's supermarkets and souvenir stores - but don't be put off by that.While this is a comparatively slim volume and, according to its introduction, primarily addressed to the "casual" visitor, it's an excellent starting point for any exploration of the world of Native American arts and crafts, a great inexpensive supplement to any purchase, and simply a marvelous souvenir, not only for the occasional visitor to the Southwest.

Also recommended:
Southwestern Indians: Arts & Crafts - Tribes - Ceremonials
Native North American Art (Oxford History of Art)
Here, Now, and Always: Voices of the First Peoples of the Southwest
Four Corners: History, Land, and People of the Desert Southwest
The New Encyclopedia of the American West ... Read more

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