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Navajo weavers : Navajo silversmiths / by Washington Matthews.

Summary:

37 pages, 23 black and white illustrations. In Navajo Silversmiths Dr. Matthews describes the equipment and processes of the Navajos and gives the history of their learning the craft, apparently first learned as brass smithing from Spanish explorers. He continued his study of crafts in Navajo Weaver.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0910584818
  • ISBN: 9780910584814
  • ISBN: 0910584079
  • ISBN: 9780910584074
  • Physical Description: vi, 37 pages (11 leaves of plates) : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Palmer Lake, Colo. : Filter Press, 1968.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Facsimile reprint of two articles by Matthews. Navajo silversmiths was published in the Second Report of the Bureau of Ethnology for 1880-1881, and Navajo weavers was published in the Third Report for 1881-1882.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
Presented by Ellen Lehman, March 2018.
Subject:
Navajo Indians.
Navajo silverwork.
Navajo textile fabrics.
Indian textile fabrics > Southwest, New.
Indian silverwork > Southwest, New.
Navajo.
Indian silverwork.
Indian textile fabrics.
Navajo Indians.
Navajo silverwork.
Navajo textile fabrics.
New Southwest.
Genre:
Nonfiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 99 .N3 I5 M38 1968 254243 Stacks Reshelving -