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Small spirits : Native American dolls from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian / by Mary Jane Lenz.
- Title
- Small spirits : Native American dolls from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian / by Mary Jane Lenz.
- Author
- National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian ; Seattle : in association with University of Washington Press, c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | E59.D66 L46 2004 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Lenz, Mary Jane.
- Description
- 175 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 28 cm.
- Summary
- A curator at the National Museum of the American Indian discusses the roles that dolls have played in Native American cultures, and explores their significance today, with accompanying color photographs of dolls in the collection, black-and-white photographs of makers and users of dolls, and paintings and drawings.
- Alternative Title
- Native American dolls, small spirits
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs
- Catalogues d'exposition.
- Note
- Rev. ed. of: The stuff of dreams. c1986.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-171) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The toys and tools of life / W. Richard West, Jr. -- Preface and acknowledgments / Mary Jane Lenz -- Introduction / Clara Sue Kidwell -- From the past -- For playing -- For power -- For performance -- For purchase -- List of dolls.
- ISBN
- 0295983639 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2003062147
- OCLC
- 53059429
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library