Native American Voices On Identity, Art, And Culture
Subtitle: Objects Of Everlasting Esteem
Contributors: Lucy Fowler Williams (Editor); William S. Wierzbowski (Editor); Robert W. Preucel (Editor)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum Publication
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781931707800
Subjects: Indian philosophy; Native American Archaeology; Collectors and collecting; Native American Art; North America; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Material culture; Indians of North America; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; American - Native American; Antiquities
First sentence: On March 29, 1929, Louis Shotridge, of the University of Pennsylvania Museum, sent a telegram to Miss Jane M. McHugh, the acting director of the Museum, to notify her of the opportunity to purchase the famous Kaagwaantaan "shark helmet" (Figure 1).