Ralph T. Coe and the Collecting of American Indian Art

A companion to an exhibition Coe is curating at the Museum from September to December 2003. He traces his education as an art collector, and other essays discuss marginality and intelligence in collecting Native American art, and appreciating Native American art in relation to history and text. The catalogue presents color photographs of baskets, weapons, ritual objects, pipes, and other items. Distributed in the US by Yale University Press under the ISBN 0-300-10187-2. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)