Eastern Woodland Indian Designs

Contains many examples from the Iroquois, Algonquian and other Native American Indian tribes of the eastern United States.

Largest collection anywhere: 2,500 authentic illustrations of bowls, bottles and pipes, geometric and floral patterns on beadwork, pictographs, symbolic tipi decorations, masks, basket weaves, Hopi katchina figures, much more.

Gathers together the five regional books of Native American designs: Eastern Indian Woodland Designs, Northwest Indian Designs, Plains Indian Designs, Southeastern Woodland Indian Designs and Southwest American Indian Designs.

Of great significance to everyone interested in Native American Culture, this excellently researched and rendered book is designed to educate as well as entertain. It is filled with fun facts and ready-to-color symbols illustrated from ancient artifacts and designs of the American Indian Tribes of the South East Woodlands of North America. This book will intrigue and captivate people of all ages. An enjoyable collection of drawings and information it can also serve as an important classroom teaching aid.

Concise, illuminating discussion of origins, execution, and symbolism of North American Indian beadwork. Numerous examples from Eastern Woodlands and Plains Indians. Over 300 figures.

Describes the history and culture of the prehistoric Woodland Indians as well as the Central Algonquian, Coastal Algonquian, and Iroquois tribes.

The art and objects of the Indians of the Eastern Woodlands, past and present, are given full attention in this lavishly illustrated volume. Leading scholars from Europe and North America discuss the cultural significance of Native art and objects as well as examine the composition and history of particularly distinctive museum collections. Subjects include traditional and contemporary Iroquois art, war clubs, captains' coats, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, and famous collections in Scotland and Germany as well as at the Musée d'Yverdon, the Manchester Museum, and the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology.

Full text, plus more than 700 precise drawings of basketry, sculpture, painting, pottery, sand paintings, metal, much more. 4 plates in color. Text gives lore and tradition behind the designs.