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The Allure of Turquoise

First published in 1995, The Allure of Turquoise-t more...0 points

First published in 1995, The Allure of Turquoise-the book-has never lost its allure. New Mexico Magazine is now bringing it back into print, revised and updated, in a second edition. A symbol of New Mexico's beauty and ancient history, turquoise is highly valued. The gem enthralls modern man just as it charmed the Ancestral Puebloans who lived in the great stone structures of Chaco Canyon. In 1967, the New Mexico legislature adopted turquoise as the state gem, acknowledging its im...0 points

Turquoise: Mines, Mineral, & Wearable Art (Schiffer Book for Collectors) by Mark P. Block

Explore the fascinating story of turquoise, its hi more...0 points

Explore the fascinating story of turquoise, its history from ancient times to the present, and the influence of native artists in making this gemstone part of popular culture in America. Illustrated are over 390 dazzling color images, this book shows turquoise from New Mexico to Nevada, China to Iran, and all the important localities in between in its natural state, cut, polished, and set into silver and gold jewelry. Detailed text discusses its values and many mines that have relinquished turqu...0 points

Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest by Kari Chalker

The works of contemporary Native artists from the more...0 points

The works of contemporary Native artists from the Northwest Coast and desert Southwest regions of North America are enormously popular today, especially in the realm of jewelry. This handsome book-and the traveling exhibition it accompanies-explores how the cultures from each region continue to communicate beliefs and traditions through visual adornment, and examines the cross-cultural influences between the peoples of these very different areas. The core of the book consists of personal stateme...0 points

Arizona Highways, January 1974 (Turquoise, Indian Jewelry, Lowren West, Fritz Scholder, Barry Goldwater Photographs) (Vol. 50 No. 1)

Articles include: "Turquoise" and " more...0 points

Articles include: "Turquoise" and "The Gem of Heavenly Blue," no author stated. "Turquoise in Indian Jewelry," by David L. Neumann. These articles have many color photographs and are also illustrated with three large b&w photographs by Barry Goldwater of Navajo or Hopi subjects. "Fritz Scholder, Another Picasso?" by Joshua C. Taylor, "in the past few years Fritz Scholder has emerged as a major young American painter." One full-page color and two smaller b&w illustrations of his work. "Dwellers a...0 points

Turquoise Trail: Native American Jewelry and Culture of the Southwest by Jeffrey Jay Foxx, Carol Karasik

This collection of 146 stunning colorplates shows more...0 points

This collection of 146 stunning colorplates shows turquoise in the context in which it is worn and used today. Images depict Native American rituals, daily life, pow-wows, rodeas, portraits, and the landscape and ruins of the Southwest, as well as some of the finest pieces made in the last 50 years.0 points

The Turquoise Shop by Frances Crane

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