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"Primitive Art" 1955 BOAS, Franz

BOAS, Franz

[372] pp.

Dover Publications, Inc.

1955

Custom bound by James Rigg of Rhode Island

8 1/8" x 5 5/8"

VG

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First published 1927; this is an unabridged reprint original w/a new index. Classic treatise of primitive art by anthropologist Franz Boas (1858 - 1942). Text, illustrated w/some 300 photographs, drawings and diagrams, in 7 chapters: I, Introduction; II, The Formal Elements in Art; III, Representative Art; IV, Symbolism; V, Style; VI, The Art of the Northwest Coast of North America; and VII, Primitive Literature, Music & Dance.


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