Ruth Bunzel
Ruth Bunzel · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Boasian anthropologist known for her ethnographic studies of Zuni culture and art
1898, New York City, United States — 1990, New York City, United States
United States · Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico
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Ruth Bunzel was a Boasian anthropologist whose fieldwork at Zuni Pueblo produced classic studies of Pueblo pottery, ceremonialism and the individual artist's creativity, notably 'The Pueblo Potter' (1929). She helped establish the ethnographic study of art and later worked in Guatemala and Mexico. She came from a German-Jewish family in New York.
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Boasian anthropologist known for her ethnographic studies of Zuni culture and art
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