NAVAJO SILVER A brief History of Navajo Silversmithing, FIRST EDITION [SOLD]

NAVAJO SILVER A brief History of Navajo Silversmithing 

Arthur Woodward

Publisher: Northern Arizona Society of Science and Art, Flagstaff

Published in 1938. First Edition hardback with slipcover

74 pages with illustrations

CONTENTS

I. Introduction

II. Eastern Phases of the Craft

III. Hispano-Mexican Influences

IV. History of the Craft

V. Ornament Forms

Their Origins, Conchas, Bracelets, Ridged or Fluted Bracelets, Twisted Bracelets, Rings, Earrings, Buttons, Necklaces, Naja or Crescent,

Miscellaneous, Use of Turquoise

VI. Summary

Appendix 1. White Silversmiths, 1736-1826

Appendix 2. Navajo Silversmiths in the 1880s

Appendix 3. Field Notes by Richard Van Valkenburgh

Appendix 4. Statement of Peshlakai Atsidi

From the Flyleaf

This is the first book on the subject of Navajo silver to give a comprehensive view of its history as influenced by the silver of the European settlers of the Eastern United States, the Eastern Indians, and the Spanish and Mexican colonists of the Southwest. An interesting discussion is given concerning the origin of Navajo costumes.  Included also is a reprint of the first article on the Navajo Indians written by an American, which appeared in the " Missouri Intelligencer" April 8, 1824.

The author is Curator of History at the Los Angeles Museum, and noted both as an art historian and archaeologist.

No true lover of Navajo silver jewelry can afford to be without this interesting volume.