Hopi silversmith solders the cut design to the blank underplate

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Title Hopi silversmith solders the cut design to the blank underplate
Subject Indians of North America; Photographs; Hopi Indians; Indians of North America--Jewelry; Men; Jewelry; Hopi Indians--Photographs; Indian jewelers--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords McGibbeny; Soldering; Native Americans
Publisher Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
File Name P0092n01_05_040.tif
Tribe Hopi Peoples
Collection Name J. H. McGibbeny
Language eng
Description The Hopi silversmith is unsurpassed as a skilled craftsman, primarily concerned with beauty of design and meticulous workmanship to achieve the restrained loveliness of Hopi jewelry. Turquoise is used sparingly. Here the smith solders the cut design to the blank under-plate to fashiona typical overlay bracelet. Linhof 4X5 camera, Anscochrome film, 135mm Wide field Ektar lens, Electronic Speed flash (2 lights). A man in a blue button-up shirt and brown floral head scarf in front of a work bench. He is holding a soldering iron and working on a strip of metal."
Type Image/StillImage
Format image/jpeg
Rights
Conversion Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 2000 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF
ARK ark:/87278/s63v2d9t
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Creator McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970
Date 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950
Setname uaida_main
ID 387818
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63v2d9t