Pueblo Designs: The “Rain Bird” (paperback)

Description

Author: H.P. Mera
Illustrator: Tom Lea
Publisher: Dover, 1970
Originally published in 1938

Decorative art that ranks among the most beautiful created by primitive peoples. Endlessly adaptable motifs revolving around the “Rain Bird” motif depicted in 48 plates, 26 in 2 colors. Stunning, immensely useful designs incorporating the “Thunderbird” — first seen on 18th-century Zuni pottery. Tribal variations. 176 illustrations.