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Objects of myth and memory : American Indian art at the Brooklyn Museum / Diana Fane, Ira Jacknis, Lise M. Breen.

Fane, Diana, (author.). Jacknis, Ira, (author.). Breen, Lise M., (author.). Brooklyn Museum, (issuing body,, host institution.). Oakland Museum, (host institution.). Heard Museum, (host institution.).

Summary:

"In the first decade of the 20th century, the Brooklyn Museum set the standard for the acquisition and display of Native American art. In many ways, this book is a tribute to Stewart Culin, the museum's founding Curator of Ethnology, who remains legendary in the field for his enlightened acquisition of thousands of American Indian objects for Brooklyn's collection. The book's layout is excellent, beginning with an analysis and appreciation of the work of Culin and followed by examples and photographs of his early displays at the Brooklyn Museum. Four sections follow in a geographical breakdown of Indian art and the societies that produced it. The excellent Brooklyn collections are mostly in color and join the text in creating a fine catalog of Indian craft that is art. Recommended for academic, museum, and public library collections."--Library Journal viewed on Amazon.com June 24, 2020

Record details

ISBN: 0872731227
ISBN: 9780872731226
ISBN: 0295970235
ISBN: 9780295970233
Physical Description: 320 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm
Publisher: Brooklyn, N.Y. : The Brooklyn Museum in association with University of Washington Press, [1991]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Catalog of an exhibition held at the Brooklyn Museum, Oct. 4-Dec. 30, 1991, the Oakland Museum, Feb.-May 1992, and the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Oct. 1992-Jan. 1993.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The language of things : Stewart Culin as collector / Diana Fane -- The road to beauty : Stewart Culin's American Indian exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum / Ira Jacknis -- The Southwest / Diana Fane -- California / Ira Jacknis -- The Northwest Coast / Ira Jacknis -- The Osage of Oklahoma / Lise M. Breen.