These authentic portraits of Native American life are painstakingly reproduced from hand-colored originals in two rare, costly portfolios. Created in the early 20th century by artists of the American Southwest — including the internationally renowned "Kiowa Five" — these 81 plates offer highly collectible images of sacred and secular traditions. Reprint of Kiowa Indian Art: Watercolor Paintings in Color by the Indians of Oklahoma and Pueblo Indian Painting: 50 Reproductions of Watercolor Paintings by Indian Artists of the New Mexican Pueblos of San Ildefonsoand Sia, C. Szwedicki, Nice, France, 1929 and 1932.
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