Mary French (2)

This book is reviewed by Alison Petch in a Creative Commons licensed review at: http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/mar/article/download/95/177 (apparently published in Museum Anthropology Review 2(2) Fall 2008)

Some quotes from that review:

Some three hundred of Grayson’s collections are described in the book. The items include bows, arrows, quivers, thumb rings and books. They are all organized by region of the world; East Asia, what the book describes as the “Islamic show more Crescent,” “tribal” (sic) Asia and Oceania, Africa, the Americas and finally Europe. Each section is preceded by a short essay that positions the artifact in its historical, cultural, and technological context.

The book is lavishly illustrated (in full color) and these may prove almost as useful to the reader as the text itself. ... In general most artifacts are shown both in full and in close-up detail. ... Some contextual images are also included, showing for example a “Qing archer ca. 1900, with typical Manchu equipment” (p. 12).

The organization of the book shows the global nature of the collection. In most cases the authors have chosen a wide range of items from the region to show the different styles associated with different countries or peoples. show less