Southwest Indian Silver from the Doneghy Collection

Southwest Indian Silver from the Doneghy Collection by Lincoln, Louise & Minneapolis Institute Of Arts. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780292724419.

Here are over three hundred stunning necklaces, bracelets, earrings, hatbands, concha belts, and other masterpieces of the silversmiths art, displayed in exquisitely clear photographs. Accompanying this wealth of illustrative material are informative essays by Joe Ben Wheat, John Adair, LaRayne Parrish, and Louise Lincoln on Navajo history and the economic and cultural context, stylistic development, and philosophical and aesthetic ideals of Navajo jewelry. A detailed catalogue of all 875 objects in the collection, a bibliography, and a glossary of terms make this a useful as well as beautiful sourcebook for aficionados and artisans, as well as anthropologists, art historians, and other students of Native American art. This volume has been produced in conjunction with the exhibition "Finished in Beauty: Southwest Indian Silver from the Doneghy Collection," organized by The Minneapolis Institute of Arts.