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Navajo weavers, Navajo silversmiths / by Washington Matthews.

Title
Navajo weavers, Navajo silversmiths / by Washington Matthews.
Author
Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905
Publication
Palmer Lake, Colo. : Filter Press, 1968.

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Additional Authors
  • Lehman, Ellen J., 1944-
  • Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology. Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (with accompanying papers)
Description
vi, 37 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
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.
Series Statement
Wild and woolly West books ; 7.
Uniform Title
Wild and woolly West books 7..
Alternative Title
Navajo silversmiths.
Subject
  • Navajo textile fabrics
  • Navajo silverwork
  • Navajo Indians
  • Indian textile fabrics > Southwest, New
  • Indian silverwork > Southwest, New
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.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
OCLC
2338223
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library