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Robes of Splendor 1993 HC First Edition DJ Native American Painted Buffalo OOP . Essays by George P. Horse Capture, Anne Vitart, and W. Richard West Jr. provide cultural, historical, and museum-level context, making this book a key reference for collectors, historians, and institutions. A First Edition, out-of-print hardcover of Robes of Splendor: Native American Painted Buffalo Hides, an important scholarly and visual record of Plains Indian painted buffalo robes, produced in collaboration with the Musée de l’Homme (Paris). This richly illustrated volume documents ceremonial, historical, and artistic buffalo hides created by Native American artists of the Great Plains. Essays by George P. Horse Capture, Anne Vitart, and W. Richard West Jr. provide cultural, historical, and museum-level context, making this book a key reference for collectors, historians, and institutions. Published by The New Press and printed in France, this title has been out of print for decades and is increasingly difficult to find in clean condition with the original dust jacket intact. A significant work for collectors of Native American art, museum exhibition catalogues, and Indigenous cultural history. Condition Very Good Plus (VG+) hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, solid binding Pages bright and unmarked Dust jacket present and well-preserved Light, age-appropriate shelf wear only A highly presentable collector copy.