North American Indian Art

Curator of Native American Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Penney describes and illustrates prehistoric, historic, and contemporary art by Native Americans in Canada and the US. He draws on history, oral testimony, and archaeology to explain the context and function of genres and particular pieces. The volume is high quality with 80 color illArtistic traditions of indigenous North America are explored in a study that draws on the testimonies of oral tradition, Native American history, and North American archaeology, focusing on the artists themselves and their cultural identities. Original.