Old Navajo Rugs
Title | Old Navajo Rugs PDF eBook |
Author | Marian E. Rodee |
Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
Pages | 158 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN |
One Hundred Years of Navajo Rugs
Title | One Hundred Years of Navajo Rugs PDF eBook |
Author | Marian E. Rodee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780826315762 |
A guide to identifying and dating rugs by means of weaving materials, providing historical background on the great Navajo weavers and traders.
How to Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Lessons from Spider Woman
Title | How to Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Lessons from Spider Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Teller Ornelas |
Publisher | Thrums Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020-10 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781734421705 |
Navajo blankets, rugs, and tapestries are the best-known, most-admired, and most-collected textiles in North America. There are scores of books about Navajo weaving, but no other book like this one. For the first time, master Navajo weavers themselves share the deep, inside story of how these textiles are created, and how their creation resonates in Navajo culture. Want to weave a high-quality, Navajo-style rug? This book has detailed how-to instructions, meticulously illustrated by a Navajo artist, from warping the loom to important finishing touches. Want to understand the deeper meaning? You'll learn why the fixed parts of the loom are male, and the working parts are female. You'll learn how weaving relates to the earth, the sky, and the sacred directions. You'll learn how the Navajo people were given their weaving tradition (and it wasn't borrowed from the Pueblos!), and how important a weaver's attitude and spirit are to creating successful rugs. You'll learn what it means to live in hózhó, the Beauty Way. Family stories from seven generations of weavers lend charm and special insights. Characteristic Native American humor is not in short supply. Their contribution to cultural understanding and the preservation of their craft is priceless.
Navajo Rugs: Past, Present & Future
Title | Navajo Rugs: Past, Present & Future PDF eBook |
Author | Gilbert S. Maxwell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Indian textile fabrics |
ISBN |
Swept Under the Rug
Title | Swept Under the Rug PDF eBook |
Author | Kathy M'Closkey |
Publisher | UNM Press |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 9780826328328 |
Debunks the romanticist stereotyping of Navajo weavers and Reservation traders and situates weavers within the economic history of the southwest.
A Guide to Navajo Rugs
Title | A Guide to Navajo Rugs PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Lamb |
Publisher | Western National Parks Association |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 9781877856266 |
Describes and depicts the seventeen most common Navajo rug styles, and includes quotes by some of the finest weavers crafting rugs today. Photos of rugs from Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site by George H. H. Huey.
The Goat in the Rug
Title | The Goat in the Rug PDF eBook |
Author | Charles L. Blood |
Publisher | Turtleback Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Navajo Indians |
ISBN | 9780833559548 |
Geraldine, a goat, describes each step as she and her Navajo friend make a rug, from the hair clipping and carding to the dyeing and actual weaving.