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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The nineteenth century saw major changes in the U.S. frontier and in the interactions among the peoples living in its borderlands. The Old Northwest territories which became Ohio Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin were opened to European American settlement disrupting the native economies. The tribes of the Great Lakes were consolidated in reservations or pushed beyond the Mississippi to settle adjacent to Plains Indians with whom they had previously had no contact. Consequently traditional articles such as decorated clothing became increasingly important throughout the century both as a means of ethnic identification and as a source of income while at the same time new associations between tribes and settlers led to innovation and change in traditional styles. Art of the American Indian Frontier provides the unique opportunity to explore and discover the little-known facts about the ceremonies beliefs traditional styles and art of Native American tribes. It contains 225 rich colour illustrations including rawhide paintings beadwork smoking pipes woven textiles and accessories as well as authoratative texts by leading experts and collectors in the field. This revelatory book will be essential to scholars and students of Native American art history and anthropology as well as to people with a general interest in this fascinating subject. (MP)