Nacimientos: Nativity Scenes by Southwest Indian Artisans [Paperback]

Guy Monthan (Author), Doris Monthan (Author)

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Text: English, German, Spanish

Product Details

• Paperback: 93 pages
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr; 2 edition (August 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936755164
• ISBN-13: 978-0936755168
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,849,803 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Southwest folk nativity scenes, June 10, 2000

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M. J. Smith (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nacimientos: Nativity Scenes by Southwest Indian Artisans (Paperback)

This book is a major contribution to religious folk art - in this case folk art arising in the late 1950's among Southwest Indian artists. The book includes a comprehesive introduction to nativity scenes then highlights 17 artists from 10 tribes/pueblos. The book is trilingual - German, Spanish and English so there is less text than the book size would imply.

The choice of Nacimientos to show is excellent - a very wide range all of excellent quality. Examples: Figures dressed as plains Indians, unadorned clay figures, Pueblo Indians etc. Details are well described so that mesquite wood, ollas, jugs etc. are not ignored. The collection also includes a single piece nativity set made by an unknown child. Excellent book.