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Navajo silversmith at work
Date/circa:  1920? - 1925?
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Subjects: Navajo Indians--Portraits;
Summary note: Navajo man sitting on bison hide working at his silversmith trade, with all the tools and skill of a master craftsman. He holds a hammer in his right hand and a stamp in his left, while conchas for a belt are situated near the base of his anvil.
Other notes: The following phrase must be used whenever and wherever this photograph is displayed or exhibited: From the Tom O. and H. Lucille Kimball Indian Collection.
Photoprint#: P051002

Original photos from the Tom O. and H. Lucille Kimball Indian Collection. 
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