Author: Terri Cohlene
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780439635882
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
A retelling of a Navajo Indian legend in which Turquoise Boy searches for something that will make the Navajo people's lives easier. Includes a brief history of the Navajo people and their customs.
Turquoise Boy
Author: Terri Cohlene
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780439635882
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
A retelling of a Navajo Indian legend in which Turquoise Boy searches for something that will make the Navajo people's lives easier. Includes a brief history of the Navajo people and their customs.
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780439635882
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
A retelling of a Navajo Indian legend in which Turquoise Boy searches for something that will make the Navajo people's lives easier. Includes a brief history of the Navajo people and their customs.
Turquoise
Author: Joe Dan Lowry
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781423619802
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Turquoise has been mined on six continents and traded by cultures throughout the world's history, including the Europeans, Chinese, Mayan, Aztec, Inca, and Southwest Native Americans. It has been set in silver and gold jewelry, cut and shaped into fetish animals, and even formed to represent gods in many religions. This gemstone is displayed in museums around the world, representing the arts and traditions of prehistoric, historic, and modern societies. Turquoise focuses on the latest information in science and art from the greatest turquoise collections around the globe.
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781423619802
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Turquoise has been mined on six continents and traded by cultures throughout the world's history, including the Europeans, Chinese, Mayan, Aztec, Inca, and Southwest Native Americans. It has been set in silver and gold jewelry, cut and shaped into fetish animals, and even formed to represent gods in many religions. This gemstone is displayed in museums around the world, representing the arts and traditions of prehistoric, historic, and modern societies. Turquoise focuses on the latest information in science and art from the greatest turquoise collections around the globe.
The Beauty of Navajo Jewelry
Author: Theda Bassman
Publisher: Kiva Publishing
ISBN: 9781885772022
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
An elegant array of museum quality pieces are showcased illustrating the marvelous creativity and artistry of Navajo jewelers. The book features the fine photography of noted photographer Gene Balzer. Detailed descriptions accompany each piece photographed.
Publisher: Kiva Publishing
ISBN: 9781885772022
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
An elegant array of museum quality pieces are showcased illustrating the marvelous creativity and artistry of Navajo jewelers. The book features the fine photography of noted photographer Gene Balzer. Detailed descriptions accompany each piece photographed.
Turquoise, Water, Sky
Author: Maxine E. McBrinn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780890136041
Category : Indian decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
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 jewelry, 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 jewelry made by Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, and Santo Domingo artisans, and the continuously inventive ways the stone has been worked.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780890136041
Category : Indian decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
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 jewelry, 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 jewelry made by Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, and Santo Domingo artisans, and the continuously inventive ways the stone has been worked.
Turquoise and the Navajo
Author: Lee Hammons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Navajo art
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Navajo art
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Turquoise and the Navajo
Author: Treasure Chest Books
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780918080912
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780918080912
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Turquoise and the Navajo
Author: Lee Hammons
Publisher: Primer Publishers
ISBN: 9780935810332
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Primer Publishers
ISBN: 9780935810332
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Totems to Turquoise
Author: Kari Chalker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
« Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest celebrates the timeless beauty and power of the jewelry of the American Southwest and Northwest Coast, two regions with distinguished traditions of visual creation whose contemporary artists continue to work in the best of those traditions while expanding upon them to make jewelry an art form expressive of individual vision and creativity." "Lavishly illustrated, both with historical photographs and a wealth of new photography commissioned for this publication, Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest will be an important resource for students, scholars, designers, and indeed for anyone who loves beautiful and well-made objects. 185 illustrations, including 150 plates in full color. »--Résumé de l'éditeur.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
« Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest celebrates the timeless beauty and power of the jewelry of the American Southwest and Northwest Coast, two regions with distinguished traditions of visual creation whose contemporary artists continue to work in the best of those traditions while expanding upon them to make jewelry an art form expressive of individual vision and creativity." "Lavishly illustrated, both with historical photographs and a wealth of new photography commissioned for this publication, Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest will be an important resource for students, scholars, designers, and indeed for anyone who loves beautiful and well-made objects. 185 illustrations, including 150 plates in full color. »--Résumé de l'éditeur.
Turquoise Jewelry of the Indians of the Southwest
Author: Edna Mae Bennett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Given in memory of Ethel A. Tsutsui, Ph. D. and Minoru Tsutsui, Ph. D.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Given in memory of Ethel A. Tsutsui, Ph. D. and Minoru Tsutsui, Ph. D.
Navajo Jewelry
Author: Lois Essary Jacka
Publisher: Northland Publishing
ISBN: 9780873586092
Category : Navajo Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Reference of Navajo jewelry
Publisher: Northland Publishing
ISBN: 9780873586092
Category : Navajo Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Reference of Navajo jewelry