When Rain Gods Reigned: From Curios to Art at Tesuque Pueblo
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0890134057 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 156 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Duane Anderson is director of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe and the author of several books
Always recommended by native arts dealers as the go-to source for The definitive book on the subject. A must-have. Always recommended by native arts dealers as the go-to source for understanding the Tesuque Rain Gods.
About the Author Duane Anderson is director of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe and the author of several books.
Rain gods and their relatives developed out of an earlier tradition of larger hollow clay figurines, the earliest of which was collected at Tesuque Pueblo in 1879. This book traces the evolution of the rain god from tourist art to Indian self-identity and self-expression. Importantly, it studies a popular form that has heretofore failed to earn the serious attention of scholars and collecting institutions and further the discourse on how art is defined and valued.. They continue to be produced at Tesuque Pueblo to this day, constituting the longest continuous figurative art tradition in the Southwest