The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths. [The civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 25] [History of Zuni Silver; Silver in Navajo Culture; The Development of Design; Economics of the Craft; Vocabulary of Navajo Words Pertaining to Silver; etc]
by Adair, John, 1913-
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Norman, OK ; London : University of Oklahoma Press, 1989, ©1944, 1989. Fine. 1st paperback printing ; xvii, 220 pp. ; illustrated with black & white photos; map ; plates, portraits ; 24 cm. ; ISBN:0806122153 ; OCLC: 20738643 ; LC: E98.A7; Dewey: 970.67 ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; "This book is the result of investigations carried out over a period of several years. The principal field work was done during a six month's period in the latter part of 1938...The most interesting thing about Navajo and Pueblo silver is not the aesthetic object separated from its social setting and viewed abstractly in a museum case, nor yet the making of this object, but the sociological significance of the art form in Navajo and Pueblo culture...I have attempted to depict the importance of silversmithing...The first [ part] presents a history of Navajo silver. The second gives an examination of the art of silvermaking at the pueblo of Zuni..."--preface ; includes a list of Navajo words associated with silversmithing ; FINE
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- The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths. [The civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 25] [History of Zuni Silver; Silver in Navajo Culture; The Development of Design; Economics of the Craft; Vocabulary of Navajo Words Pertaining to Silver; etc]
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