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This is a short, but interesting footage of the major Native American ruins and pueblos of New Mexico. Great for classroom use!

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I love this book. When I was interested in learning about the pottery of the southwest, I bought this book and have not been disappointed. It shows the different designs and styles of the different tribes of the southwest. Definitely a book to purchase if you are thinking of purchasing southwest pottery.

a beautiful coffee-table book on old and modern Southwestern Pottery. I would have liked a little more on the old stuff and a little less by modern potters, but it is a minor quibble.

this is a beautiful book the the pictures in the book are so vivid and colorful, it would make a wonderful addition to any library or it would make a great coffee table book!

I was impressed with the display groupings presented and the journey of the authors beginnings of his collections and the knowledge he aquired along the way. He gave good advice to new collectors. I open it daily and alway see something I missed. It's a great book to add to your collection.

I'd been looking for a book like this for ages. It goes through every pueblo's pottery, describing the special characteristics of each, and talks about the important potters in each pueblo. This is very well written in an easy going, non-snobish style, instantly increasing your depth of knowledge in southwestern pottery. The photographs are excellent and plentiful, giving many diverse examples from each pueblo/region/era. Highly recommended for those new to collecting. I gave a copy to my parents in New Mexico, and even though they had been doing a bit of collecting for years, they have a much better understanding of the history of some of the pottery sitting on their shelves. They love this book.

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Great book for using different Native American Indian designs. A little large, but they are nice detail.

I purchased this book because I wanted a source of authentic Indian designs I could use for gourd pyrography, some of which I hope to sell. The book only contains 48 designs, one per page. For my purposes, that many are not a lot to choose from. After reading this statement in the preface, "...intended for personal enjoyment,---and not for commercial purposes." I'm not sure I could sell any gourds with these designs without violating the copyright.

Very simple and clear black and white drawings of Native American designs (animals). Each design has the tribe's name below it, a brief description and some have interesting information about the significance of that particular animal. I have used this book over and over again with my art students aged 5 - 12 and the artwork produced was exceptional. They are all animal motifs and an art educator could easily use it for a project about fantasy animals.

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Others have already talked about the range of pottery that is detailed in this beautiful book. What stands out for me is the incredible quality of the pictures and the 5 stars reflect that. I'm pretty finicky when it comes to the way art is presented in picture books. The plates in this book are outstanding, both in terms of the color and the size. Some books will show multiple pictures on a single page, with images that are too small to let you to fully appreciate the pieces that are being displayed. No worries about that here. It's strictly one picture per page with beautiful photographs throughout. If you appreciate Pueblo pottery, you will be WOWed by the way it's represented here.

For anyone interested in Native American pottery, this volume is a must-have. We are lucky enough to have met Florence Chavarria Browning of the Santa Clara pueblo, and to have purchased one of her spectacular black pots. These particular pots are not glazed, but fired specially to create the pure, colt black of onyx, darker than coal, and softly glowing. Very few artists have skill enough to burn these amazing pots, and this book, introduces readers to the best of them.

almost every piece of pottery I have is represented in the book!

This is a wonderful detailed book of the the finest potters to be found in the southwest. This new expanded edition provides great family trees of the finest of Pueblo potters. If you're planning a visit to the Southwest and hope to meet some of these potters, it is the perfect companion book to The Native American Indian Artist Directory that will actually provide phone numbers and mailing addresses for many of the potters found in this outstanding edition.