Making Gourd Dolls and Spirit Figures
by Ginger Summit, Jim Widess
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 1402732201
- ISBN 13
- 9781402732201
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing, 2007 Sterling Publishing, New York. 2007. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to upper tips. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); light rubbing to panels; shallow scratch on rear panel. Pictorial laminate boards and spine with purple and brown lettering on the spine and front board; matching images on DJ and boards. Green endpapers. 224 pp 4to. Dolls that dance, dolls that protect, dolls that charm: these beautiful gourd dolls do that and more. The authors of this book pay tribute to an ancient craft in a volume both inspirational and instructional. It’s packed with images of dolls from different cultures and eras, filled with testimonials from the most creative artists working today, and brimming with advice and irresistible projects. They explain how to choose a gourd, mold one as it’s growing, clean it properly and safely, pyrograph and sculpt faces, create movable joints, and make such creatures as a simple, limbless Stump Doll; beaded Zulu doll; endearing Hobgoblin; and stacked Mother and Daughter dolls. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016459
- Title
- Making Gourd Dolls and Spirit Figures
- Author
- Ginger Summit, Jim Widess
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1402732201
- ISBN 13
- 9781402732201
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- gourds, gourd carving, Stump Dolls, Zulu Doll, Mother and Daughter Dolls, gourd dolls, evil spirits, call for abundance, prayer dolls, voodoo dolls, carving gourds, sculpting gourds, Kokeshi, Matryoshka, Russian nesting figures, animals from gourds, art f
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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