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University of New Mexico Press, Published 1973. Hardcover, xiv, 264 pp.; 24 cm; First Edition; illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings, color plates, and a map.
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In Good condition, no dust jacket. Black cloth boards, title and cuff bracelet design blind-stamped on front, silver lettering on spine lightly rubbed. Moderate shelf wear: cloth frayed and worn through at foot of spine, small nick at head of spine, corner tips rubbed and worn through at lower rear corner. Mild to moderate soiling and scuffing to boards: a few small yellow-green and blue flecks on lower front board, pale rubbed patch near head of spine, pale scratch marks and scattered specks on rear board. Binding tight. Teal endpapers. Pages clean and unmarked. History of metalworking among the Navajo and Pueblo peoples, from the Spanish entrada to the early 1970s, in three parts: the Navajos, the Pueblos, and the postwar period. Bedinger covers Atsidi Sani, the Navajo blacksmith credited as the first Southwest Indian to work silver, and the pioneer smiths of Crystal and Ganado. Later chapters cover stamping, repousse and applique in the classic era of 1880-1900, concha belts, najas and bracelets, and the Santa Fe Railroad and Fred Harvey curio trade. Part II treats Zuni channel and mosaic work, Hopi silverwork, and the Rio Grande pueblos, from Acoma to Taos. Part III follows postwar change through the Hopi Silvercraft Guild and individual makers. Bedinger studied the collections of the Denver Art Museum, the Taylor Museum, the Museum of the American Indian and the Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe. Many pieces illustrated are from the University of Colorado Museum, including her own collection. Color photographs by Josef Muench. Contents: Preface; List of Illustrations; Part I, The Navajos: The Malleable Stone; Metal of the Moon; Silver Ornaments from Silver Dollars; The Classic Era: 1880-1900; The Craft at the Turn of the Century; The Esthetics of Navajo Silverwork; From Craft to Curio; Part II, The Pueblos: Out of the Stone Age; The Zunis; The Hopis; The Rio Grande Pueblos; Part III, The Postwar Period: Change and Innovation; Modern Indian Silver: From Craft to Art; Appendix: Metal and the Other Southwest Indians; Notes; Bibliography; Index.