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Art Native American

The Early Years of Native American Art History

The Politics of Scholarship and Collecting

by (author) Janet Catherine Berlo

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1992
Category
Native American, Native American Studies, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774804332
    Publish Date
    Jan 1992
    List Price
    $55.00

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Description

This collection of essays deals with the development of Native American art history as a discipline rather than with particular art works or artists. It focuses on the early anthropologists, museum curators, dealers, and collectors, and on the multiple levels of understanding and misunderstanding, appropriation and reappropriation which characterized their transactions. The essays examine major figures, art forms, institutions, and events of the early years when Native American artworks were first collected, studied, and displayed.

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Contributor Notes

Janet Catherine Berlo is a professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Missouri, St. Louis.