book chapter
The Navajo and Pueblo silversmiths
University of Oklahoma Press • Norman • Published In 1944 • Pages: xvii, 220
By: Adair, John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
As Clyde Kluckhohn points out in his introduction, this book will be of interest to both the specialist scholar and the 'layman of broad interests.' The author spent two years studying Navajo and Pueblo silver work, both in the museums and private collections and on the reservations. He was an anthropologist whose attention was given not only to the history and technology of the art, but also to the economic role played by the industry in the life of the tribe and the personal role played by the art in the life of the smith himself. In the course of the latter, Adair covers the means by which a smith learns his craft, the people to whom he sells his work, and the aesthetic standards of the ethnic group. For the purposes of the Navajo file, the material relating purely to the Pueblo silver-work craft has been omitted, except in cases where references or comparisons are made to that of the Navajo.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Ornament
- Jewelry manufacture
- Smiths and their crafts
- Special tools
- Incorporeal property
- Borrowing and lending
- Price and value
- Exchange transactions
- Retail marketing
- Division of labor by gender
- Animal transport
- Decorative art
- Accumulation of wealth
- Magical and mental therapy
- Purification and atonement
- Revelation and divination
- Independence training
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Katchen S. Coley ; 1951
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1938
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1850-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] John Adair
- This document consists of excerpts
- Glossary of Navajo terms connected with the silver-work craft is indexed for subject 104. The 'Tom' referred to in the text is Tom Burnsides, data on whom is indexed for subject 115
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-216)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 44007567
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians