Old Traditions in New Pots: Silver Seed Pots from the Norman L. Sandfield Collection

The work of over seventy Native artists who create miniature silver seed pots is presented in this publication featuring over 240 examples from the Norman L. Sandfield Collection at the Heard Museum. As an art form, these miniatures draw on the ancient tradition of ceramic containers that protected the seeds of agricultural plants on which people's lives depended. Following in the more recent tradition of miniaturization, these silver vessels represent the work of some of the finest silversmi…