Plains Indian art : the pioneering work of John C. Ewers / edited by Jane Ewers Robinson ; preface by Candace S. Greene ; introduction by Evan M. Maurer.
A century of Plains Indian art studies -- Plains Indian painting : the history and development of an American art form -- Images of the white man in nineteenth-century Plains Indian art -- The emergence of the named Indian artist in the American West -- Notes on the weasel in historic Plains Indian culture -- The awesome bear in Plains Indian art -- Water monsters in Plains Indian art -- Spanish cattle in Plains Indian art -- A century and a half of Blackfeet picture writing -- A unique pictorial interpretation of Blackfoot Indian religion in 1846/1847 -- Pipes for the presidents -- Three effigy pipes by an Eastern Dakota master carver -- Assiniboin Antelope-horn headdresses -- Artists' choices -- Plains Indian artists and anthropologists : a fruitful collaboration.
Series:
The Charles M. Russell Center series on art and photography of the American West ; v. 8
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