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Singing the clay : Pueblo pottery of the Southwest, yesterday and today

1995

Format:	Book
Author:	Mercer, Bill, 1960-
Title:	Singing the clay : Pueblo pottery of the Southwest, yesterday and today / Bill Mercer.
Publisher, Date:	Cincinnati : Cincinnati Art Museum, ©1995.
Description:	iv, 44 pages : color illustrations, map ; 29 cm
Summary:	It explains the unique contribution of each pueblo emphasizing how the potters of each pueblo approach their designs, configuration and construction. The book also explains the historical influences unique to each pueblo. The distinctive role of nature or animals as represented by the potter is, within each pueblo, based on the beliefs of that group. Traditional clay resources, paint resources, bowl color and firing, are options or choices directed to achieve certain outcomes. -- amazon.com
Subjects:	Cincinnati Art Museum -- Exhibitions. Pueblo pottery -- Themes, motives -- Exhibitions. Pueblo pottery -- Classification -- Exhibitions. Pueblo Indians -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions.
Other Author:	Cincinnati Art Museum. Chrysler Museum of Art Fort Wayne Museum of Art.
Notes:	Catalog of an exhibition held at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Feb. 12-June 4, 1995; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., Oct. 14, 1995-Jan. 7, 1996; and the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 8-Nov. 2, 1997. Includes bibliographical references (page 43).
LCCN:	95005191
ISBN:	0931537185 9780931537189 0931537185 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Other Number:	31934504
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Control Number:	74758
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Call Number:	738.3 Mercer

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