| Description |
xvi pages, 1 leaf, 213 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates (part color) ; 27 cm |
| Note |
Deals principally with the Navaho Indians. |
| Contents |
Where Navaho blankets are made-Navaho houses and their songs of blessing -- The birth and growth of the art of Navaho blanket-weaving -- The early history of the Navaho blanket -- The Bayeta blanket of the Navaho -- Old style native wool blankets -- Navaho and Pueblo squaw dresses -- The song of blessing of the blanket -- The temporary deterioration of the art of the Navaho blanket weaving -- Improving the art of Navaho blanket weaving -- The significance and symbolism of color in the Navaho blanket -- Dying with native and aniline dyes -- The origin and symbolism of Navaho designs -- A Navaho weaver at work -- The designs on modern Navaho blankets -- Navaho and Pueblo belts, garters, and hair bands -- The outline blanket -- Kachina or Yei blankets -- The classification of modern blankets -- Imitation Navaho blankets -- Pueblo Indian weavers -- The Chimayo blanket -- Cleaning the Navaho blanket -- appx.1 The Navaho Indian -- appx.2 The religious life of the Navaho -- appx.3 Navaho land -- appx.4 Reliable dealers in Navaho blankets. |
| Subject |
Indian textile fabrics -- North America.
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Navajo Indians.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous textile fabrics -- North America.
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