Art of the Osage
- ISBN-10
- 0295983876
- ISBN-13
- 9780295983875
- Category
- Indian art
- Pages
- 221
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Authors
- Garrick Alan Bailey, Daniel C. Swan
Description
This volume draws together more than two centuries' worth of Osage art, tracing the patterns of Osage life and culture as they existed from contact to the present. 140 illustrations, 110 in color.
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