Antiquarian Archaeology Reference

Howard S. Rose - New York Pre Columbian, Africa & Oceanic Art American Indian & Amazonian Art 1999 Figural Vessels * Body Adornments * Masks * Santos * Heddle Pulleys * Cult Figures

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Author/s	Publisher/City	Year	Printer/City
Arte Primitivo / Howard S. Rose Gallery	Howard S. Rose Gallery, New York (NY - USA)	1999	same as on left
Pages	Binding	Illustrations	Size (l x w - cm)
(56) un-numbered	heavy stock paper [see SCANs - above + below]	250+ in black +white, 350+ in colour	28.1 x 21.7 cm
Condition	Language/s	Shipped Via	Weight
EXCELLENT+		USA - Priority Foreign - Global Priority	174 g fits in the USPS Priority Flat Rate mailer

About This Antiquarian Book

This Antiquarian LONG OUT OF PRINT auction catalogue lists and describes 546 Lots, of an absolutely incredible selection of Pre-Columbian, African, Pacific Island and American Indian, as well as other traditional cultural items and artifacts ! Included are -- human male and female figures, animal figures, vessels (pots, bowls, incensarios, plates, jars, bottles, urns, etc., many figural), body adornments, mace heads and other weapons, metates, seals, a nice selection of santos, spoons, rattles, feathered headdresses and other ritual items, masks, heddle pulleys, ancestral and fetish figures, musical instruments, gope boards -- in wood, polychromed / unglazed terracotta, jade, volcanic and other hard stone, shell, GOLD, cattle hide, iron, among OTHERS! Cultures / regions include -- Olmec, Colima, Mezcala, Maya, Vera Cruz, Costa Rica, Tumbaga, Sinu, Moche, Nazca, Philippines, Mato Grasso, Dogon, Dan, Cote d'Ivoire, Yoruba, Sepik, Papua, Baule, Bali, and MUCH more! WOWSERS! I have been interested in what they call Primitive art since I was a teenager, but have rarely run across a source as diversified and well-illustrated with fabulous archaeological finds, cult items and cultural artifacts from the world over! While teaching and studying in the Canary Islands, off the north west coast of the African continent, I learned how to play a traditional African game (I learned to call it Ayo), a board for which is shown in the SCAN above -- when I returned to the States and taught at an inner city middle school, I taught the kids in the science club how to play, and we even held a school championship match sponsored by Princeton University! Picasso founded Cubism as a major new form of modern art, based largely on the African sculptures and masks he had in his personal collection -- it reduces all of the details of a subject to its simplest form, basically that of lines and suggestive shapes -- as I explained it in several African art catalogues for shows in the Canaries, it sort of abstracts the soul of the source, and relies on our unconscious intuition to recognize what it represents. If you have already begun your own personal computer database of these highly artistic and creative items, I can assure you that will most certainly find MANY new ones to add to it in this reference, both in fabulous color photos and description details. Lavishly illustrated ! Antiquarian Book in EXCELLENT+ Condition!! Return to Books List

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