[NATIVE AMERICAN ART]. Kiowa Indian Art: Watercolor Paintings in Color by Indians of Oklahoma

Jamake Highwater, Oscar Brousse Jacobson

Published by Bell Editions, Santa Fe, NM, 1979

Incomplete set, with 13 (of 30) plates. With folio text: 29, [3] pp. (Introduction by Jamake Highwater + reprint of Jacobson's Introduction to the 1929 edition + Contents leaf + Colophon leaf; last page a little dusty), stitched with thread as issued. This copy lacks the original chemise (boards tied with string). While significantly incomplete, the price of this set has been very significantly reduced accordingly. An important series of six-color offset lithographs of paintings by four Oklahoma Kiowa tribal young men (Spencer Asah, Jack Hokeah, Steve Mopope, and Monroe Tsa-to-ke) and one woman (Miss Bou-ge-tah Smoky). This 1979 reprint was limited to 750 copies, all signed by Jamake Highwater, who wrote the new Introduction. An imperfect copy, and priced accordingly, with 13 (of 30) plates, and with the important introductory texts by Highwater and Jacobson. Our copy contains the following plates: 8: Asah Dancing 9: Kiowa Family 12: Kiowa Singers 14: Making Medicine 16: Kiowa Warrior and Wife 20: Wedding Ceremony 21: War Dance 22: Eagle Dance 25: Eagle Dance 26: Dance of the Dog Soldiers 27: Medicine Dance 29: Kiowa Warrior 30: Warriors. The plates are in excellent condition and are suitable for exhibition and study. Seller Inventory # 4021

Bibliographic Details

Title: [NATIVE AMERICAN ART]. Kiowa Indian Art: ...
Publisher: Bell Editions, Santa Fe, NM
Publication Date: 1979
Binding: Hardcover
Signed: Signed by Author(s)