Yurok-Karok Basket Weavers

by Lila M. O'Neale, Margaret Blum Schevill (Introduction)

Overview

Lila O'Neale's Yurok-Karok Basket Weavers, first published in 1932, remains one of the finest and most comprehensive books devoted to American Indian basketry. In contrast to the typical treatment of tribal arts in her day, which saw them as homogeneous, anonymous, and conservative, O'Neale regarded the weavers as individuals, with personal styles and outlooks and a capacity for innovation. A pioneer in the study of Native American art, she presented the art from the weaver's point of view. In addition to an introduction by O'Neale scholar Margot Schevill, this edition includes an appendix listing the identities and tribal affiliations of O'Neale's 43 consultants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780936127040
Publisher:	Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Publication date:	06/08/2006
Series:	Classics in California Anthropology Series
Pages:	184
Sales rank:	435,350
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Lila Morris O'Neale (1886-1948) was professor of decorative art at the University of California, Berkeley. Margot Blum Schevill is a guest curator for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M. H. de Young Museum.

Table of Contents

Classics in California Anthropology: Introduction to the Phoebe Hearst Museum Reprint Series by Rosemary Joyce

Introduction by Margot Blum Schevill

Yurok-Karok Basket Weavers by Lila M. O'Neale