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Navajo silversmith
- Title
- Navajo silversmith [motion picture] / John Adair, Sol Worth.
- Publication
- New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1966.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4003 N | Offsite |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Nelson, John.
- Description
- 1 film reel (27 min.) : si., b&w; 16 mm.
- Summary
- Navajo filmmaker John Nelson traces the creation of small Yebitchai figures from mining the silver to completion. The film is structured in similar fashion to A Navajo weaver and begins with a series of shots showing the silversmith completing the figure which has already been cast. The camera cuts away to recount the necessary stages required to complete the figure. The silversmith hunts for nuggets embedded in rock, collects the sandstone with which he makes the mold, and melts the silver. The artisan files and polishes the object which has been extracted from the mold. In this cyclical study, the last shot in the film is the shot with which it began.
- Series Statement
- (Navajos film themselves)
- Uniform Title
- Navajos film themselves (Motion picture)
- Subjects
- Credits (note)
- Director, John Nelson.
- Title
- Navajo silversmith [motion picture] / John Adair, Sol Worth.
- Imprint
- New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1966.
- Series
- (Navajos film themselves)
- Credits
- Director, John Nelson.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Nelson, John.
- Added Title
- Navajos film themselves (Motion picture)
- Branch Call Number
- M16 4003 N