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The daily life and customs of prehistoric southwest Indian tribes are retraced from the designs on the remains of their pottery. A lyrical consideration of the lives and thoughts of an ancient people whose pottery can still be found in the desert of the American Southwest. "Bahti has filled the...
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Charles Scribner's Sons,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [1972] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The daily life and customs of prehistoric southwest Indian tribes are retraced from the designs on the remains of their pottery. A lyrical consideration of the lives and thoughts of an ancient people whose pottery can still be found in the desert of the American Southwest. "Bahti has filled the pages with evocative pen-and-ink line drawings representing the primitive figures and designs on the pottery ... The striking effect of the illustrations is matched by Baylor's word images . . ". - School Library Journal. |
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Art techniques used: Painted designs from prehistoric Native American pottery. Earth tones and fluid forms. "Designs from this book are all dervied from prehistoric Indian pottery from the American Southwest. The original work was done by ancient potters of the Anasazi, Mogollon, Hohokam and Mimbres cultures."--Page [32]. |
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm Also issued online. |
| Awards: | Caldecott Honor Book, 1973. |
| ISBN: |
0684128071 9780684128078 0684188295 9780684188294 |
| Index Number: | E78 |
| CLC: | K712.8-4 |
| Call Number: | K712.8-4/B358 |