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A masterpiece!April 29, 2000 7 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is no mere exhibition catalogue. It is a superb book- thoroughly researched, well-written and beautifully photographed- really a one-volume encyclopedia of Native North American art. The inclusion of provenance is essential and an important ethical model that others in Native American studies should follow.
A major achievement.
Most disappointing collection catalog in yearsMarch 25, 2000 14 out of 20 found this review helpful
Over the years I've been an avid collector of every museum or exhibition catalogs on North American Indian Art -- but this one is the biggest disappointment. While provenance histories can be of importance for the reader, here it provides little meaning and appears to primarily satisfy the collectors/dealers' vanities. Oftentimes provenance entries are incomplete. The lengthy caption reveal very little new or interesting information and for the most part contain meaningless blah-blah just to pad the space around the pictures.
Layout and design is pedestrian, and for that price one would have expected to find all items in color.
