{"product_id":"navajo-silversmiths-gb-17275","title":"Navajo Silversmiths","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNavajo Silversmiths\r - Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-1881, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 167-178\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the Navajo Indians there are many smiths, who sometimes forge iron\r\nand brass, but who work chiefly in silver. When and how the art of\r\nworking metals was introduced among them I have not been able to\r\ndetermine; but there are many reasons for supposing that they have long\r\npossessed it; many believe that they are not indebted to the Europeans\r\nfor it. Doubtless the tools obtained from American and Mexican traders\r\nhave influenced their art. Old white residents of the Navajo country\r\ntell me that the art has improved greatly within their recollection;\r\nthat the ornaments made fifteen years ago do not compare favorably with\r\nthose made at the present time; and they attribute this change largely\r\nto the recent introduction of fine files and emery-paper. At the time of\r\nthe Conquest the so-called civilized tribes of Mexico had attained\r\nconsiderable skill in the working of metal, and it has been inferred\r\nthat in the same period the sedentary tribes of New Mexico also wrought\r\nat the forge. From either of these sources the first smiths among the\r\nNavajos may have learned their trade; but those who have seen the\r\nbeautiful gold ornaments made by the rude Indians of British Columbia\r\nand Alaska, many of whom are allied in language to the Navajos, may\r\ndoubt that the latter derived their art from a people higher in culture\r\nthan themselves.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 17275 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Matthews, Washington \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Dec 10, 2005 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Matthews, Washington,1843-1905 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43217440440477,"sku":"gb-17275-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/17275.jpg?v=1671432153","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/navajo-silversmiths-gb-17275","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}