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PublisherBraziller Incorporated, George

ISBN-100807614653

ISBN-139780807614655

eBay Product ID (ePID)1734858

Product Key Features

LanguageEnglish

TopicArt, United States / General, Antiques & Collectibles, History

AuthorCatherine Janet Berlo

IllustratorYes

Dimensions

Item Length8.7 In.

Item Height1 In.

Item Width11.2 In.

Item Weight42 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN00-042913

Book TitleSpirit Beings and Sun Dancers : Black Hawks Vision of the Lakota World

Dewey Decimal978.3/54

Intended AudienceTrade

SynopsisDuring the winter of 1880-81, Black Hawk, a Lakota artist living on the Cheyenne River Sioux reservation, drew seventy-six vivid images depicting complex scenes of ceremonial activity, personal visions, historical events, and nature studies. Having recently emerged from obscurity, Black Hawk's drawing book now stands as the most complete visual record extant of Lakota art of the early reservation period (1875-95). It is published here in full, for the first time, with fine quality color plates of each drawing. Detailed commentary accompanies the drawings, providing insight into Lakota religion, art, and culture in the nineteenth century. Some of Black Hawk's illustrations are the only known drawings of ceremonies described in ethnographic works such as Black Elk Speaks , the famous account of visions experienced by Lakota holy man Black Elk. The ceremonies depicted in Black Hawk's drawings include the Sun Dance, buffalo transformation ceremonies, and ceremonies honoring the sacred pipe. He also recorded scenes of Lakota encounters with the Crow, of buffalo hunting, and of wildlife. An invaluable contribution to our knowledge of Native American history and art, Black Hawk's drawing book is a window unto a complex and eloquent world. 76 color illustrations, 20 b/w illustrations., One of the finest examples of Native American pictorial art, the seventy-six drawings illustrated here are the most complete visual record of Lakota art of the early Reservation period (1875 - 95).

Publication Year2000

Dewey Edition21

FormatHardcover

LC Classification NumberE99.S217B47 2000

Number of Pages180 pages