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  • Navajo Indian Silversmith (1902)
  • Short | Documentary, Short
Navajo Indian Silversmith (1902)
Short | Documentary, Short
Two days' travel from civilization our photographers came upon an old but vigorous Navajo brave seated under a tree and making bracelets of silver. For centuries and ages these Indians have done such work with the most primitive of tools. ...See moreTwo days' travel from civilization our photographers came upon an old but vigorous Navajo brave seated under a tree and making bracelets of silver. For centuries and ages these Indians have done such work with the most primitive of tools. Their forge consists of a little pile of a peculiar clay fashioned so as to hold the coals. A hand bellows made from the body of a young lamb and of most primitive form blows the flames around the home-made crucible. All this is shown in the picture, and most vividly, too. The Indian throws a chunk of native silver into the crucible and then blows the fire until the metal is molten. With a pair of strangely wrought tongs he lifts the crucible and pours the metal into a little depression in a square stone. As soon as this "slug" is cold he takes it up and pounds it into shape on a crude anvil. Occasionally he lays the partially-wrought piece on the coals and anneals it until finally he has fashioned one of the picturesque and strange bracelets so well known as the treasured work of the Navajos. Written by Selig catalog See less
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William Nicholas Selig
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