Notes on Navajo Weaving
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A short note comparing how weft colors are handled in ordinary weaving, in Gobelins tapestry, and in Navajo weaving. The author explains that a Navajo weaver fills in areas of color with whatever length of yarn she has, producing irregular zigzag boundaries and small scattered vertical slits, and beats the work down with a stick. A photograph shows two blanket weavers at a loom, captioned as from "The Painted Desert," San Diego, California.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1917
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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