American Artifacts of Personal Adornment, 1680-1820
A Guide to Identification and Interpretation (American Association for State and Local History Book Series)
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Word Count
40,000 words, Guess
Page Count
160 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8007342M
- ISBN-139780759105898
- ISBN-100759105898
- OCLC Control Number57564713
- Library of Congress Control Number2005002703
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- Goodreads962316
- LibraryThing2836770
Classifications
- LCCNK4712.W48 2005
Description
"Items of personal adornment fill museum collections and are regularly uncovered in historical period archaeological excavations. But until the publication of this comprehensive volume, there has been no basic guide to help curators, registrars, historians, archaeologists, or collectors identify this class of objects from colonial and early republican America. Carolyn L. White helps the reader understand and interpret these artifacts, discussing their source, manufacture, materials, function, and value in early American life. She uses them as a window on personal identity, showing how gender, age, ethnicity, and class were often displayed through the objects worn. White draws not only on the items themselves, but uses their portrayal in art, contemporary writings, advertisements, and business records to assess their meaning to their owners"--Publishers website.
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