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Indian Silver Jewelry of the Southwest: 1868-1930 (Paperback, New Ed)
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Indian Silver Jewelry of the Southwest: 1868-1930 (Paperback, New Ed)
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This splendidly illustrated book celebrates the historic silver and
turquoise jewelry of the Navajo and Pueblo Indians. It presents for
the first time over 300 superb objects that are usually hidden from
view in museum storerooms and private collections across the United
States. Larry Frank discusses the history of this jewelry from
1868, when the Navajos were restored to their homeland, to 1930,
when tourist demand and mass production ended the innovative first
phase of the craft. He explores early design sources in
contemporary Spanish, Mexican, and Plains Indian work; describes
Navajo tools and techniques (often used under conditions of extreme
hardship); traces the cultural development of jewelry-making from a
past-time to an esteemed profession; and notes the Pueblo Indians'
contribution - the sophisticated use of turquoise. Of interest to
specialists will be his reevaluation of the Plains Indian
contribution and his dating sequence, based on close examination of
the style and technique of hundreds of objects. Indian Silver
Jewelry contains 253 close-up photographs - 52 of them in color -
of conchas, necklaces, bracelets, rings, hair ornaments, bridles,
and other pieces, as well as rare photographs of Indians wearing
jewelry. The illustrations are grouped by collection - The
Smithsonian Institution, the Field Museum of Natural History, the
Museum of the American Indian, the Museum of New Mexico, the Heard
Museum, the Wheelwright Museum, the Millicent Rogers Museum, the
Lynn D. Trusdell Collection, and assorted private collections. The
detailed captions invite the reader to look, compare, and discover
for himself the extraordinary beauty and vitality of Southwest
Indian silver jewelry.
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