Pueblo Designs: The "Rain Bird"

by H.P. Mera

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.

113 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1970

Reviews

[A.E. Reiff · Rating 4 out of 5]

No this has not just been published. It is a record of Zuni, Hopi, polychrome patterns from the beginnings of pueblo decorated pottery in the Southwest. Living without this knowledge is like living in a city without rain, wind, earth, bear, star.