This thread is to honor and share photographs of Southwestern Native Americans wearing silver jewelry and embellishments that adorns their clothing and accessories. 
I’ll start with one of my favorites - Silversmiths at Southwest Arts and Crafts in Santa Fe. Date unknown.
Ahhhh…finally. Thank you, Tom, this will be most enjoyable. 
My turn!
Ashishie, a Navajo man, was one of sixty six Navajo at the Santa Fe Railway’s track working camp west of Cleburne in 1945. The men were brought in as temporary workers during a manpower shortage brought on by WWII. This photo appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on February 11, 1945.
Excerpt from the Editor’s column in this issue of Arizona Highways…
“The young miss of our cover is Hosteen Cly Bit-sui, a Navajo maiden of eight pleasant years, who lives in the Valley of Grandeur, Monument Valley, Arizona-Utah. Her charming portrait is the work of Joseph Miller, whose works have graced these pages many times these past few years.”
After discussing it with @TAH, I’m going to transfer a number of images and posts from Turquoise Artwork into this much more fitting thread, so please disregard the fact that the next number of posts are “duplicates”.
Shepherd of the Hills, Navajo subject’s name is Many Goats, taken by Roland Reed ca. 1913. This photo was originally shared by @TAH in January of last year.
Thank you, Aaron! I know there are some wonderful old photographs in “Artwork”. Some new member will come along and appreciate our tidiness.
It will be great to have this dedicated stage as @StevesTrail, mentioned, Tom, so thank you!
One of my absolute favorite photographs…
Navajo fence sitters at the 1938 Window Rock Fair, taken by Helen M. Post, Carter Museum.
Tom Burnside, Navajo silversmith, at work in 1938, Pine Springs, Arizona.
And @chicfarmer’s helpful and fitting response.
Contemporary Navajo painter, photographer, and natural born artist Jeremy Salazar. I’ve come to admire Jeremy’s works. I feel they exude class and harken to the timeless, antique photos of the Navajo Nation and the West that I thoroughly enjoy. Prints and originals are available from his Three Feather Studios.
Navajo Mountain No. 2
My Sister’s Keeper, Series No. 3, Canyon De Chelly, Navajo Country
Navajo Silver
Navajo Silver No. 2
Morning Silver
Stand in Beauty, Canyon De Chelly, Navajo Country
Silver Stone Navajo Country, Utah
Jeremy painting in Monument Valley
These photos of Arthur Chester were captured by Simeon Schwemberger in 1906. Arthur was Navajo, a head man, and he handled cattle for Henry Chee Dodge. He apparently also had a fine taste in belts, buckles and neck adornment. 
This photo, taken by AC Vroman (1856-1916), dates to 1895 and is of a Navajo blanket maker, Charlie.
Aaron and I are tag teaming this transfer since the system only allows six consecutive posts without a reply. So, please excuse our dust while this thread is under construction. 
Another of my favorites, origianally shared by @TAH.
Laura Gilpin, photographer. Navajo silversmith in his workshop, c.1934
Gilpin photographed silversmith John Harrison near Red Rock, just south of the Four Corners area, in 1934. “In the winter Navaho men often wear headbands made of fur — there is no top,” she wrote. Of the process of silversmithing, she added, “The fine work of the early Navaho smiths was produced with the simplest of equipment, and though during the following decades new tools were added to the smith’s work bench, the technique is basically the same.”
Ooo, that one was in one of my Arizona Highways magazines within the last few years.
This was shared by @Patina.
The photo of the young woman is from an online post by Native American Arts. Photographer name not provided; credit given.
