Arizona Highways Turquoise Blue Book, 1975 [SOLD]

Arizona Highways Turquoise Blue Book, 1975

Indian Jewelry Digest from Arizona Highways Collectors Series

Softcover, 1975. Profusely illustrated in color, 96 pages

From the early 1920s through the mid 1950s, Southwestern Indian silversmithing attained a degree of artistic excellence which rivaled that of distinguished silversmiths throughout history.  The C. G. Wallace collection of Southwestern Indian jewelry and artifacts is convincing evidence of the quality representative of Navajo and Zuni genius. We have deliberately reproduced selections as near actual size as space limitations will allow—so that our  readers may experience an “eyeball to eyeball” sensuous confrontation with the truly great classics by the great Indian masters.

Table of Contents

The Enduring Quality of the Indian Classics

Arizona’s Treasure of Prehistoric Jewelry

The First Silversmiths of the Southwest

Old Pawn—the Real Real Indian Jewelry

Turquoise—The Gem of Heavenly Blue

Turquoise in Indian Jewelry 

The New Indian Jewelry Art of the Southwest

Silver Overlay Hopi Tradition in Jewelry

“What You See Here is a Lot of Soul”

The Turquoise Ostrich

Coral—”Red Gold” of Indian Jewelry

The Romance of the Glass Trade Bead