Southwestern Indians & Their Adornment

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Tom Burnside, Navajo silversmith, at work in 1938, Pine Springs, Arizona.

And @chicfarmer’s helpful and fitting response.

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^The Burnside photo is by Helen Post (1907-1979), a photographer who worked a lot in Navajo, Jicarilla Apache, and other communities. Her sister Marion Post Wolcott was a major photographer for the Farm Security Admintration during the Depression. Amon Carter Museum has collections of their work.
Tom Burnside, Silversmith | Amon Carter Museum of American Art