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<p>a Curator At The National Museum Of The American Indian Since Its Inception In 1989, Lenz Discusses The Roles That Dolls Have Played In Native American Cultures, And Explores Their Significance Today. Her Account Is Illustrated With Color Photographs Of Dolls In The Collection, Black-and-white Photographs Of Makers And Users Of Dolls, And Paintings And Drawings. Revised, Augmented, And Updated, With All New Photographs, From <i>the Stuff Of Dreams: Native American Dolls</i> (1986). Annotation &copy;2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or</p><h3>library Journal</h3><p>lenz, Now A Curator At The New National Museum Of The American Indian In Washington, Dc, Was Previously With The Museum Of The American Indian In New York, Where She Mounted And Wrote The Catalog For A Show On Dolls Called The Stuff Of Dreams. Her Current Show, One Of The First At The New Museum, Uses Its Extensive Collection, Along With Some Borrowed Pieces. Loosely Lumping All Human Representations Made By Native Americans From The Western Hemisphere Into The Category Of Dolls, Lenz Considers Effigies Made For Power (that Is, Religious Significance), Performance (e.g., Shadow Puppets), And Play (including Whole Tipi Vi

Author

Lenz, Mary Jane; Lenz, Mary Jane. Stuff of dreams; National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)

Publisher

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780295983639

Subjects

History, Sociology, Social Science

Rating

4.9 / 5 (9 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14