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Beshlagai il'ini Altsosigi (Slender Maker of Silver, also spelled as Pesh-Lakai-Ilhini or Peshlakai), silversmith, with his son and unidentified man and earth lodge nearby
Beshlagai il'ini Altsosigi (Slender Maker of Silver, also spelled as Pesh-Lakai-Ilhini or Peshlakai), silversmith, with his son and unidentified man and earth lodge nearby
Object Number 2004.29.4609
Display Title Beshlagai il'ini Altsosigi (Slender Maker of Silver, also spelled as Pesh-Lakai-Ilhini or Peshlakai), silversmith, with his son and unidentified man and earth lodge nearby
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Navajo Indians (Athapascan); Ordinary hut with forge of silversmith and smith at work. / [verso] Gift of Lucy Kluckhohn, Sept 1964."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Occupation
  • Manufacture and General Utility
Subject
  • Silversmith
  • silversmithing
Department Photographic
Date 1892
Artist James Mooney
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 14.61 x 15.24 cm (5 3/4 x 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Lucy Kluckhohn

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