American Indian Baskets I; Volume Six, American Indian Art Series

Santa Fe, New Mexico: CIAC Press, 2006. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. Good/Good. [2], 342 pages. Oversize volume, measuring 8-2/4 inches by 11-1/4 inches. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (many in color). Foreword by John Kania. Ex-library with the usual library markings. DJ is in a plastic sleeve, with some tape. 1,500 Artist Biographies, ca. 1770-present. Includes Acknowledgments, Foreword, Introduction, and Artist Survey. Features the artistry of Southwest Basketmakers, Great Basin Basketmakers, and California Basketmakers. Also includes a Bibliography and an Index. Gregory Schaaf is the author of 16 books and 17,000 Native Artist Biographies. He earned his doctorate in American Indian History and a degree in Art History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. During his distinguished teaching career at the University of California. He addressed the United Nations and testified before the United States Senate on Indian Affairs. He co-founded the international Tree of Peace Society. The purpose of this book is to honor American Indian basketmakers and to provide a useful reference guide for collectors, museums, cultural centers, schools, libraries, and gallery owners. The goal of the design is to make it easy to look up an individul artist in 30 seconds or less. This volume profiles over 1,500 American Indian basketmakers over the past two centuries from the Southwest, Great Basin and California. This book was created with the cooperation of American Indian artists. Through personal interviews, archival research and artist surveys, information was collected in 25 fields, including the artist's tribe, clan, active years, type of baskets, lifespan, family relationships, education, teachers, students, awards, exhibitions, collections, forms, techniques, materials, favorite designs and publications. Many artists completed a personal statement. Some wrote or narrated autobiographical statements.