Turquoise, Water, Sky : Meaning and Beauty in Southwest Native Arts Paperback / softback
by Maxine E McBrinn, Ross E Altshuler
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This book provides an overview of the uses of turquoise in native arts of the Southwest, beginning with the earliest people who mined and processed the stone for use in jewellery, on decorative objects, and as a powerful element in ceremony.
In the past, as now, turquoise was valued for its color and beauty but also for its symbolic nature: sky, water, health, protection, abundance.
The book traces historical and contemporary jewellery made by Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, and Santo Domingo artisans, and the continuously inventive ways the stone has been worked.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:172 pages, Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Museum of New Mexico Press
- Publication Date:15/03/2015
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- ISBN:9780890136041
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:172 pages, Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Museum of New Mexico Press
- Publication Date:15/03/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9780890136041