Fine Indian Jewelry of the Southwest The Millicent Rogers Museum Collection

New Mexico art patron Millicent Rogers (1902-1953) was a passionate collector who assembled a stellar collection of Navajo and Zuni silver and turquoise, Hopi silverwork, and Pueblo stone and shell jewellery during the late 1940s and early 1950s when fine late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century work could still be found. Her collection provided the foundation for what has become one of America's most important repositories for the aesthetic achievements of Native American artists oft he Southwest: The Millicent Rogers Museum.Tisdale, Shelby J. is the author of 'Fine Indian Jewelry of the Southwest The Millicent Rogers Museum Collection', published 2006 under ISBN 9780890134825 and ISBN 0890134820.