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Denver Art Museum, Department of Indian Art, Denver, Colorado, Published 1940 (2nd printing of the 2nd edition, September 1940; first edition 1930). Pamphlet, single sheet folded to 4 pages, pages numbered 58-60 (cover unnumbered); 23 cm; illustrated with a black-and-white halftone photograph on the cover.
In Good condition. Printed pale cream paper cover featuring a black-and-white halftone photograph captioned "Group of Navaho Silversmiths," with the museum and publication details set in decorative type within a ruled border. Mild to moderate shelf wear with a few small edge nicks, light creasing along the edges, and light soiling to the cover. Inked stamp of Lorenzo Hubbell Co., Winslow, Arizona in the upper right corner of the front cover, a notable association for a pamphlet on this subject, as the Hubbell trading post operation was central to the Navajo silver and textile trade of the early twentieth century. Interior text pages are clean and unmarked.Denver Art Museum Department of Indian Art Leaflet No. 15, compiled by curator Frederic H. Douglas. Concise survey of Navaho silversmithing arranged in 22 numbered sections covering: The Navaho Indians; Origin of Silverwork; Forge; Bellows; Fuel; Anvil; Crucibles; Molds; Blowpipe; Soldering; Polishing; Whitening; Tools; Silver; Processes; Bead Making; Shapes; Origin of Shapes; Designs; Settings; Imitations; and Copper and Brass. Sources cited include the Bureau of American Ethnology, the Franciscan Fathers of St. Michaels, Arizona, El Palacio, the Old West Series (Denver), and the Museum of Northern Arizona at Flagstaff. One in the Denver Art Museum's continuing leaflet series on North American Indian art, with continuous pagination carrying over from preceding leaflets in the series.