California Indian Baskets is lavishly illustrated in full color with rare baskets from the magnificent collections of the University of California, Harvard University, Smithsonian Institution, The British Museum, Madrid's Museo de America, Royal Museum of Scotland, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Southwest Museum and many other world-class museums and private collections. The vast majority of these rare baskets have never appeared in print before. Made possible in part through the support and vision of three California Indian tribes, this remarkable book is the result of decades of research by noted basketry scholar Ralph Shanks. Expertly researched and well written, California Indian Baskets honors the achievements of the First Californians. The book illuminates Native American art, history, technology, population movements, cultural interactions, and native plant uses. The book demonstrates basketry studies can rank with archeology, linguistics and DNA research in understanding and appreciating Native American culture and history. This is especially true in California where baskets were central to daily life. It was through basketry that the most populous and linguistically diverse Native American population in the United States was able to create a highly productive economy and vibrant cultural life with no agriculture and very limited use of pottery. Native California was not pre-agricultural, but rather a land where basketry was combined with native plant resources so successfully that agriculture was not needed.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Costano Books
ISBN-13
9780930268206
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96288174
Product Key Features
Book Title
California Indian Baskets: San Diego to Santa Barbara and Beyond to the San Joaquin Valley, Mountains and Deserts
Author
Ralph Shanks
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Number of Pages
168 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
279mm
Item Weight
998g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Ralph Shanks
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Lisa Woo Shanks
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