ROBES OF SPLENDOR. Native North American Painted Buffalo Hides.

Horse Capture, George P. Anne Vitart, Michel Waldberg and W. Richard West, Jr.

ISBN 10: 1565841166 / ISBN 13: 9781565841161

Published by New York Press:, 1993

About this Item

143 pages, illustrated in color. "This is the first U.S. publication of an extraordinary collection of native American art. For centuries, ornamental robes made of buffalo hides were painted by artists of the various Indian tribes." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 036651

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ROBES OF SPLENDOR. Native North American Painted Buffalo Hides.
• Publisher: New York Press:
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565841166
• ISBN 13: 9781565841161
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

For centuries, ornamental robes made of buffalo hide were painted by the artists of the many American Indian tribes. In the 18th century many of these ornate robes were brought from America to the French court and were eventually displayed in the Museum of Mankind in Paris. The buffalo hides illustrated in this book have never appeared in published form and represent an extraordinary collection - a tribute to a lost art form. The robes offer an incomparable pictographic representation of early Native American life. Where women tended to paint abstract, geometric patterns, men painted narrative scenes of battles and dances. Both artistic forms played an important role in carrying messages for tribe members and outsiders, and both have powerful visual impact.