[Rarebooks] FS: Navajo & Pueblo Cross Necklaces

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Heart of the Dragonfly. The Historical Development of the Cross
Necklaces of the Pueblo and Navajo Peoples”

By Allison Bird.
Published by Avanyu Publishing in 1992.

DISCUSSION: A scholarly and exhaustive study of the Native American cross
necklace –the cross being a form used by Native Americans of the southwest
well before the Christian Spanish arrived there. The examples shown were
drawn exclusively from private collections, and illustrate examples not
normally accessible to the general public. There are also many period
photographs showing cross necklaces of the 1880-1950 period. An important
study of Native American design and culture.

DESCRIPTION: Softcover. 9”x12”, 173 pages, some color and many black &
white illustrations.

CONDITION NOTES: A little light wear, tips ever-so-lightly thumbed, but
overall clean and nice.

PRICE: $300.00

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