PLATE XVI. Objects in silver 172 XVII. Navajo workshop 175 XVIII. Crucible, and Sandstone molds for shaping silver objects 175 XIX. Objects in silver 177 XX. Navajo Indian with silver ornaments 178 Among the Navajo Indians there are many smiths, who sometimes forge iron and brass, but who work chiefly in silver. When and how the art of working metals was introduced among them I have not been able to determine; but there are many reasons for supposing that they have long possessed it; many believe that they are not indebted to the Europeans for it. Doubtless the tools obtained from American and Mexican traders have influenced their art. Old white residents of the Navajo country tell me that …
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