This best-selling guide to collectible Indian crafts features bright, clear photographs of work by Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, and Santo Domingo artists. Brief text details the meticulous tasks these artists perform to create a distinctively Southwestern style of wearable art.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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Tiny size - lots of info,
By Christine Saalbach (San Antonio TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Guide to Indian Jewelry of the Southwest (Paperback)
This tiny 46-page book is big on information. In it, you'll learn to recognize tribal jewelry styles and techniques. Although the first native American to learn silversmithing is not known, it appears to have begun among the Navajo in the 1850s, then was passed to the Zuni and Hopi.When the railroads opened the Wild West, silverwork began to respond not just to the tastes of the silversmiths themselves, but to the travelers looking for a souvenir of their encounter with the exotic Southwest inhabitants. The Navajo developed their style of setting large stones into cast, hammered, and stamped silver. The Zuni made clusterwork their forte, setting small turquoise stones in silver, called petitpoint and needlepoint. You'll learn the differences among mosaic, channel, and overlay inlays, about Pueblo fetish, and Santo Domingo heishi. The book shows both old and modern jewelry styles and is pocket-sized for easy reference when shopping.
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This review is from: A Guide to Indian Jewelry of the Southwest (Paperback)
This is a great book for someone becoming acquainted with jewelry of the Southwest. The book contains background information about the region and the distinction between the Hopi,Zuni,and Navajo jewelry, as well as some other silver-smithing techniques used by the Indians
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Was purchased as a gift for a friend with a new interest in Native American jewelry. This book provided clear, well organized information about styles, discriminating 'fake' from 'real' and history. I think it will help my friend as she shops for Indian Jewelry in the Southwest.
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A Mexican man living near Mt. Taylor, New Mexico, around 1850 first introduced blacksmithing to a Navajo man, Atsidi Sani ("Old Smith"). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Santo Domingo, New Mexico, Atsidi Sani New!
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A Mexican man living near Mt. Taylor, New Mexico, around 1850 first introduced blacksmithing to a Navajo man, Atsidi Sani ("Old Smith"). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mosaic inlay Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Santo Domingo, New Mexico, Atsidi Sani New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- A Guide to Zuni Fetishes and Carvings by Susan Lamb in Back Matter
- A Guide to Navajo Rugs by Susan Lamb in Back Matter
- A Guide to Pueblo Pottery by Susan Lamb in Back Matter
- A Guide to Navajo Rugs by Susan Lamb in Back Matter
- A Guide to Zuni Fetishes and Carvings by Susan Lamb in Back Matter
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