American Artifacts of Personal Adornment, 1680-1820
A Guide to Identification and Interpretation
Bracelets, buckles, buttons, and beads. Clasps, combs, and chains. Items of personal adornment fill museum collections and are regularly uncovered in historical period archaeological excavations. But until the publication of this comprehensive volume, there has been no basic guide to help curators, registrars, historians, archaeologists, or collectors identify this class of objects from colonial and early republican America. Carolyn L. White helps the reader understand and interpret these artifacts, discussing their source, manufacture, materials, function, and value in early American life. She uses them as a window on personal identity, show…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7591-1465-4
- EAN: 9780759114654
- Produktnummer: 22609854
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 37'071 KB
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