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Southwest Silver Jewelry
Paula A. Baxter
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Description for Southwest Silver Jewelry
Num Pages: 212 pages, 300 color & 18 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AFKG; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1394.
This beautiful book examines the first century of Navajo and Pueblo metal jewelry-making in the American Southwest. Beginning in the late 1860s, the region's native peoples learned metalworking and became accomplished silversmiths. Their work was united with a long-standing native traditon of beads and ornaments made from turquoise and other natural materials. The cross-cultural appeal of this jewelry continued into the mid-1900s, despite competition from tourist jewelry and mass-produced imitations. By the 1950s and 1960s, masters such as innovators Kenneth Begay and Charles Loloma created a legacy of fine art jewelry that is prized today. This development is discussed in ... Read more
This beautiful book examines the first century of Navajo and Pueblo metal jewelry-making in the American Southwest. Beginning in the late 1860s, the region's native peoples learned metalworking and became accomplished silversmiths. Their work was united with a long-standing native traditon of beads and ornaments made from turquoise and other natural materials. The cross-cultural appeal of this jewelry continued into the mid-1900s, despite competition from tourist jewelry and mass-produced imitations. By the 1950s and 1960s, masters such as innovators Kenneth Begay and Charles Loloma created a legacy of fine art jewelry that is prized today. This development is discussed in ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764312441
SKU
V9780764312441
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99-50
About Paula A. Baxter
Paula A. Baxter is the Curator of the New York Public Library's Art & Architecture Collection. She is the author of the Encyclopedia of Native American Jewelry (2000) and has published numerous encyclopedic and magazine articles on design history and Native American jewelry.
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