Navajo Weavers
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Washington Matthews' 1884 study of Navajo weaving, published in the Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology. It describes wool, spinning, native and imported dyes (black, yellow, reddish, indigo, bayeta), the upright blanket loom, warping, heald-making and the weaving process. It also covers diagonal and diamond twill weaving on four sheds, blanket types and designs, and belt and sash weaving, compared with Zuñi methods and an Aztec picture. Illustrated with plates, loom diagrams, heald/warp diagrams and photographs of blankets.
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