Isleta Paintings: With Introduction and Commentary (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Isleta Paintings: With Introduction and CommentaryFor over two decades, and more than any other person, Dr. Elsie Clews Parsons influenced the course of ethnological research in the Pueblos of the Southwest. She began her investigations in Zuni in 1915, and until shortly before her death in 1941 she made frequent visits to the living Pueblos, both western and eastern, indefatigably and meticulously collecting comparative data on their social and cere monial life. Her scientific enthusiasm drew many of her colleagues to the area (pre eminently Dr. Franz Boas to the Keres); and her generosity, spiritual no less than financial, permitted many a young student to become an independent - and some times controversial - observer of Pueblo society.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.