Indigenous Beauty: Masterworks of American Indian Art from the Diker Collection

Accompanying a major exhibition, this stunning volume serves as an introduction to North American Indian art and a rare opportunity to see this comprehensive and superb private collection. A glorious testament to the infinite beauty, diversity, and historical significance of Native American culture, Indigenous Beauty presents outstanding examples of art made by tribes across the North American continent. This aesthetically rich and inclusive collection offers a broad view of American Indian art, including sculpture from the Northwest Coast
ancient ivories from the Bering Strait region
Yup'ik and Alutiiq masks from the Western Arctic
Katsina dolls from the Southwest Pueblos
Southwest pottery
sculptural objects from the Eastern Woodlands
Eastern regalia
Plains regalia and pictographic arts
and Western baskets. David Penney's introduction and texts by other renowned experts offer insight into the visual and material diversity of the collection, providing a greater understanding of the social and cultural worlds from which these works came. This magnificent survey is both an invaluable resource and a visual pleasure.