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Navajo (Diné). Concho Belt, 1880s. The Art Institute of Chicago. A concho or concha is a typically oval silver ornament found in Native American art.Conchos are most closely associated with the Navajo people, with one of the best known forms being the concho belt.
Frank Austin, Navajo (1938–2017) Amos Bad Heart Bull (Tatanka Cante Sica), Oglala Lakota Sioux; Margarete Bagshaw, Santa Clara Pueblo-descent (1964–2015) Rick Bartow, Wiyot (1946–2016) Stanley Battese, Navajo (born 1936) Fred Beaver , Muscogee Creek/Seminole (1911–1980) Clifford Beck, Navajo (1946–1995) Timothy Bedah, Navajo (1945–2017)
North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment: From Prehistory to the Present. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999: 170-171. ISBN 0-8109-3689-5. Haley, James L. Apaches: a history and culture portrait. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0-8061-2978-5. Karasik, Carol. The Turquoise Trail: Native American Jewelry and Culture of the ...
Orville Z. Tsinnie (1943–May 23, 2017) was a Diné silversmith, jewelry maker and katsina carver from the Navajo Nation. He lived and worked in Shiprock (Navajo: Tse bit'a'i), New Mexico for most of his life.
Navajo rugs are woven by Navajo women today from Navajo-Churro sheep, other breeds of sheep, or commercial wool. Designs can be pictorial or abstract, based on historic Navajo, Spanish, Asian, or Persian designs. 20th century Navajo weavers include Clara Sherman and Hosteen Klah, who co-founded the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.
Sheep wool was the most important product traded or sold by the Navajo to the trader. By 1888, the Navajo were selling 800,000 lb (360,000 kg) of wool for 8 to 10 cents per pound. They also sold sheep and goat skins to traders. Pine nuts were a major Navajo product in the infrequent years in which the pinyon pine produced large quantities of ...
Tommy Singer (1940 – May 31, 2014) was a Navajo silversmith who specialized in chip-inlay jewelry. [1] He died in a motorcycle accident on May 31, 2014. [citation needed] His inlaid turquoise, coral, and silver pieces incorporated traditional Navajo designs. Singer gained acclaim as the originator of the chip inlay design which he developed ...
The Navajo called the ancestral Puebloans the Anasazi (pronounced ah-nuh-saa-zee) (Navajo for "the ancient ones"). The cone-shaped hill located northwest of the trading post is Hubbell Hill. The family cemetery is at the top. Mr. Hubbell, his wife, three of his children, a daughter-in-law, a granddaughter, and a Navajo man named Many Horses are ...