Zuni, Zuni Reservation / Mckinley County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Accession Date:
27 Jan 1905
Notes:
From card for E234532-E234536: "For melting silver. Part of silversmith outfit. 234532 - "He'kiawonakia tehli (he forms heli silver) crucible for melting silver - belonged to silversmith's implements - oldest in Zuni."
This is probably part of a set of silver-making tools purchased by Matilda Coxe Stevenson in 1902 from Lanyade [a.k.a. La:niyahdi], the first Zuni to learn silversmithing. Reference: p. 126 in Adair, John. 1944. The Navajo and Pueblo silversmiths. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. See also pp. 58 - 59 in Ostler, James, Marian Rodee, and Milford Nahohai. 1996. Zuni: a village of silversmiths. [Albuquerque, NM?]: Zuni A:shiwi Pub. .