Indian Silver Jewelry of the Southwest: 1868-1930
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Book Overview
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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0887402267
ISBN13:9780887402265
Release Date:January 1997
Publisher:Schiffer Publishing
Length:224 Pages
Weight:3.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"
Customer Reviews
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Indian Jewelry Reference Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Excellent reference on Southwest Indian Jewelry. A good read before going in search of old or modern day Native American jewelry teasures. Wilford Wilford's Trading Post Gallup, New Mexico
essential for building a graphic knowledge of Indian design.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This book depicts the best from collections of early Native American Pueblo silverwork. The photographs allow the reader to identify key characteristic features of traditional Native American jewelry. The informative verbal descriptions do not insult the reader nor the makers. There are few books that portray the early Southwest jewelry as well as this one.
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