Pueblo Designs: The "Rain Bird"
by By Mera, H. P.
Category: Design , Decorative Arts

Decorative art that ranks among the most beautiful created by primitive peoples. Endlessly adaptable motifs revolving around the "Rain Bird" motif depicted in 48 plates, 26 in 2 colors. Stunning, immensely useful designs incorporating the "thunderbird" ? first seen on 18th-century Zuni pottery. Tribal variations. 176 illustrations.