Navajo Silversmith Fred Peshlakai: His Life & Art

Explore the life and art of legendary Navajo silversmith Fred Peshlakai, and see how his masterful art began and evolved. Beginning with the history of the Navajo people, it follows world events impacting the American Southwest and the Navajo culture precipitating in the development of their unique expressions of art rendered with silver and stone. Nineteenth—century evolution of the art form is reviewed, shining a particular light on certain ambiguities regarding important interrelationshi...