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Uncommon legacies : Native American art from the Peabody Essex Museum / John B. Grimes, Christian F. Feest, Mary Lou Curran ; foreword by Dan L. Monroe ; preface by Richard W. Hill, Sr. ; additional contributions by Thomas "Red Owl" Haukaas [and others].

New York : American Federation of Arts in association with University of Washington Press, 2002.

272 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

This fine catalog of an exhibition held in 2002-2003, in several locations will be of interest to general readers as well as scholars of Native American art. The essays consider issues of collecting and display, Salem's Peabody Essex Museum, and Native American perspectives on the display of their art in the museum setting. Following the essays, the catalog of works is arranged by region, with an essay for each section. The catalog was published by the American Federation of Arts, which organized the exhibition along with the Peabody Essex Museum, in association with the U. of Washington Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Peabody Essex Museum -- Exhibitions.

Indian art -- North America -- Exhibitions.

Indian art -- Exhibitions.

Exhibition catalogs.

Grimes, John R. (John Richard), 1959-

Feest, Christian F.

Curran, Mary Lou, 1943-

American Federation of Arts.

Peabody Essex Museum.

Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Peabody Essex Museum and held at the Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. and four other institutions between May 10, 2002 and Jan. 25, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Curiosity, cabinets, and knowledge--A perspective on the native American collection of the Peabody Essex museum / John R. Grimes -- Collectors, collections, and collectibles: early Native American collections in Europe and North America / Christian F. Feest -- Salem and Native America: toward a dialogical perspective / Mary Lou Curran and John R. Grimes -- Museums, dialogue, and contemporary Indian artists / Thomas "red owl' Haukaas -- Catalogue: Early pieces from North and South America in European collections -- Peabody Essex museum collection -- Nations within -- Art of the American Southeast / Duane H. King -- Pacific coast traders -- The Northwest coast / Doreen Jensen -- The interior wilderness: outposts, explorers, and sojourners -- Art of the Northeast woodlands and great lakes / Richard W. Hill, Sr. -- The interior wilderness: missionaries -- Notes on a plains aesthetic / Gerald McMaster -- South American adventurers -- Indigenous art of South America / Ramiro Matos.

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