Mud, mirror and thread : folk traditions of rural India / Nora Fisher, editor ; Blair Clark, studio photos.

Other author Fisher, Nora.
Other author Museum of International Folk Art (N.M.)
Format Book
Publication InfoMiddletown, NJ : Grantha Corp. ; Santa Fe, NM : In association with Museum of New Mexico Press ; Ahmedabad, India : Mapin Pub., 1993.
Description237 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 31 cm
Subjects

Contents To adorn : at one with life / Nora Fisher -- The implicit and the manifest in Indian folk art and mythology / Jyotindra Jain -- Elements of style : the artisan reflected in embroideries of western India / Judy Frater -- Rabari dress : adornment that tells of tradition / Judy Frater -- Banjara : adornment of a people of india / Nora Fisher -- Creating sacred spaces : women's wall and floor decorations in Indian homes / Stephen Huyler -- Hosting the divine : the kolam in Tamilnadu / Vijaya Nagarajan -- Clay, sacred and sublime : terracotta in India / Stephen Huyler.
General note"Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Mud, mirror and thread : folk traditions of rural India, June 1993-Fall 1994 at the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [230]-233).
Issued in other formOnline version: Mud, mirror and thread. Middletown, NJ : Grantha Corp. ; Santa Fe, NM : In association with Museum of New Mexico Press ; Ahmedabad, India : Mapin Pub., 1993
ISBN0944142915 (Grantha)
ISBN9780944142912 (Grantha)
ISBN089013250X (New Mexico Press)
ISBN9780890132500 (New Mexico Press)
ISBN8185822182 (Mapin)
ISBN9788185822181 (Mapin)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks NK8876 .A1 M83 1993 ✔ Available Place Hold