Navaho pottery making

an inquiry into the affinities of Navaho painted pottery

by Tschopik, Harry

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Published 1968 by Kraus Reprint in New York .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Indian pottery -- North America.,
• Navajo art.,
• Pottery -- New Mexico

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Edition Notes

Statement	by Harry Tschopik, Jr.
Series	Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University -- v. 17, no. 1
Contributions	Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology.
The Physical Object
Pagination	viii, 85 p. illus. ;
Number of Pages	85
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL19222697M

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