Search Results: tribal from mark mcdonald

Book is new in original publishers shrink wrap. Corners are not bumped. Shrink wrap is not damaged.

Fine / fine. First Edition. 265 photos, 215 color plates. Encompasing entire career, including from family archives. Over 10" x 12".

7 maps, 213 black and white illustrations and 39 color plates. Josef Mueller, of Switzerland collected art from Gabon before WW II. This West African country has produced powerful traditional ritual art that has inspired people like Pablo Picasso (who is pictured in the book). The book was published in conjunction with an exhibit, by the same name, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Dallas Museum of Art. The book is in fine condition: crisp corners, free of marks or discoloration. The dust jacket has very minor shelf wear.

Various member of the Barbier family collected this material over the years. The Solomon Islands are east of New Guinea and north of New Hebrides. There are 35 color plates of the traditional art, with descriptions. The book is in fine condition. The jacket has very minor shelf wear.

First Edition. Near Fine / near fine. 16 color plates, 87 monochrome plates. Artifacts from Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California collected in the 1780's and 1790's. Book is slightly cocked, otherwise excellent. Corners are square and the pages are clean and unmarked. The dust jacket has a partial tear and wrinkle at the head of the spine, otherwise excellent.

The Ashanti are a civilization in Ghana, West Africa. They have gold there. Early traders have known about it for 3000 years. Around 1900 the locals took control of their own resource, and it is now 25 percent of their export economy. The book gives a very comprehensive explanation of all aspects of gold, including old tribal ornamentation. The edition is not stated, nor is the date so I have presumed first edition. Professor Ayensu was the President of the Pan African Union for Science and Technology. The author has inscribed and signed.

More than just photos of jewelry, the author writes about the history, cultural influences, materials, craftsmanship and historical trade routes. Traditionally the nomadic Bedouins owned what they could carry on their head, their bodies or on their camels. That way of life hardly exists anymore. The author, an Australian lived in Saudi Arabia for a decade and became knowledgeable about the subject. She wrote the book in the 1970's and the Bedouin, as nomads, were almost gone then. The book is in fine condition, the dust jacket, near fine with only very slight wear. The jacket is protected in mylar, which is pretty scuffed up, so I just left it on for protection. Second edition. No interior markings.

A historical narrative to accompany the Nomad Museum Jewelry Collection. Book traces body modifications and adornment throughout history and around the world. Both ritual tribal modifications and modern body modifications. The book is in very good condition except for the cover, which has some scuffing and a bent corner on the back. No markings or losses. Scarce.

Text in Spanish. The Chavin are a Peruvian highland culture that existed from 900BC to 200BC. This is one in a series by Arte y Tesoros del Peru examining Peruvian cultures. Most of the book consists of full color, full page photographs of pottery, jewelry and stonework. The book has what appears to be a binding error, in that the pages wrinkle from the spine. Otherwise the book is in excellent condition. The dust jacket shows edge wear, but no tears. The corners are square and the pages are clean and unmarked. Very good/very good.

First Edition. Near Fine. Unpaginated, 150+ pages, color photographs and map. Exhibition catalogue at Birmingham, Baltimore and Minneapolis Museums from 1998-99. Book is in unread condition, but with a gift inscription on the inside front cover.

Enku died in 1695. He was an itinerant Buddhist monk who traveled the countryside carving quick sculptures. His work is still all over the place in Japan. This book is a professional evaluation of the man, his religion and his art. 119 plates. first edition, so stated. the book is in fine condition. The dust jacket is also in excellent condition, but is price clipped, thus near fine.

American Indian Jewelry of the Southwest; the evolution of designs. The book and jacket are in near fine condition with very minor shelf wear. There are no interior markings. The book is protected in mylar.

In depth examination of the collection of indigenous art of the Indonesian archipelago at the Dallas Museum of Art. The book is in fine, like new condition. The dust jacket has only minor shelf wear and is listed as near fine.

First Edition. Very good plus softcover. Published in conjunction with the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. Minor sunning to spine and back edge. Corners are square and the pages are clean and unmarked.

This collection of African gold is considered, by many, to be the finest in the world. Alfred Glassell amassed the collection and donated it to the Houston Museum of Fine Arts in 1997. The book is new and is still in the original publishers shrink wrap. The shrink wrap is intact, and all the corners are square.

Mexican Fiestas are the best. There's one going on somewhere, all the time. The photographer spent over a decade going to the same towns, getting to know the folks and taking pictures. There are 64 full page photographs; some are in the town, some are in the home, or in the cemetery. The authors photographs are in museums, and he's won awards. The book is in near fine condition. The dust jacket has shelf wear and edge wear, and the plastic coating has separated from the paper on the bottom front cover.

Primitive art from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Three important collections came together for this book. The Dallas Museum of Art had just moved into a new building and had a show Art of the Archaic Indonesians. The Barbier collection had joined with the Muller collection in Geneva. After these collections came together the indigenous traditions came into focus. This book is the result. The book is in near fine condition with only slight shelf wear and edgewear at the bottom. The pages are clean and unmarked, and the corners are square.

New, in original publisher shrink wrap. The plastic is intact and the corners are not bumped. Edition unknown.

There are 43 b&w plates of archaeological artifacts plus one map. Each plate shows 5 to 12 examples. There is light foxing on the end papers. The corner is bumped on the top spine. The pages are clean and unmarked.

The Kachin live in north Burma, China and Thailand. They have been somewhat independent in modern times, although they are within the border of Burma (Myanmar). This book definitively explores their culture and history. There are hundreds of photographs; color, b & w and archival. The book is in fine, as new condition.