America's Fascinating Indian Heritage

Name/Title

America's Fascinating Indian Heritage

Entry/Object ID

2009.3.74

Description

America's Fascinating Indian Heritage is about the Indians who lived over all of North America from the Arctic to subtropical Mexico. Covered is their moving into new and unknown territory and adapting to that region. With their crude tools of stone, wood, bone, and copper, primitive looms, and simple kilns, the Indians produced everything from totem poles and carved ivory decorations to magnificent pottery, basketry, blankets, and hundreds of other artifacts that are treasured by today's museums and collectors. The book is divided into sections: The Northeast an Great Lakes; The Southwest; The Great Plains; Great Basin, California, Plateau; Northwest Coast; The Subarctic; and Arctic. This book is from the Don Reynolds collection. 416/Hardbound/Illustrations/Maps /Photographs

Collection

Don and Maudie Reynolds Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Baskets, Pottery, History, Totem poles, Weaving

Search Terms

Rituals, Eskimo, Native American, North American, Area Cultures, Artifacts

Book Details

Author

Maxwell, James A., Editor

Place Published

City

Pleasantville

State/Province

New York

Date Published

1978

Call No.

Ethnology MA

ISBN

0-89577-019-9

LCCN

78-55614

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent