Contributions

  • Princeton University. Art Museum - Contributor

Publication

2009 - Yale University Press [distributor], Princeton, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

82,000 words, Guess

Page Count

328 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • OCLC Control Number430497260
  • Better World Books9780300122060

Classifications

  • DDC736.620916451
  • LCCE99.E7 G374 2009
  • LCCNK5956
and 3 more
  • LCCN6501.5
  • LCCE99.E7 G373 2009
  • LCCNK5910.A4 G54 2009

Description

"Gifts from the Ancestors examines ancient ivories from the coast of Bering Strait, western Alaska, and the islands in between - illuminating their sophisticated formal aesthetic, cultural complexity, and individual histories. Many of the pieces discussed are from recent Russian excavations and are presented here for the first time in English; others are from private collections not usually open to the public. The essays, written by an international group of scholars, adopt a refreshing interdisciplinary approach that gives voice to the various competing, and now sometimes cooperating, stakeholders, including Native groups, museums, archaeologists, art historians, art dealers, and private collectors."--Jacket.

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