Research Catalog

Title

Woven by the grandmothers : nineteenth-century Navajo textiles from the National Museum of the American Indian / edited by Eulalie H. Bonar.

Author

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)

Publication

Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press in association with the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, c1996.

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Additional Authors

Bona, Eulalie H.

Description

xv, 214 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 26 cm.

Summary

"The National Museum of the American Indian's collection of 19th-century navajo weavings, one of the most comprehensive in the world, includes chief blankets, poncho serapes, mantas, and everyday blankets called diyogi. Most of the textiles, made between 1840 and 1880, predate production for the non-Indian market and have never before been photographed." "With 80 color illustrations, Woven by the Grandmothers showcases not only the collection's earliest and best documented pieces but also those that most vividly represent its variety and depth. Essays by Native and non-Native authors - including D. Y. Begay and Joe Ben Wheat - explore the spirituality of Navajo weaving and situate the collection within an ongoing artistic and cultural tradition. The authors show how Navajo weaving, although considered integral to contemporary life, provides weavers with a link to earlier generations."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

• Nihimásání Deiztłʾǫ́
• Nineteenth-century Navajo textiles from the National Museum of the American Indian
• 19th-century Navajo textiles from the National Museum of the American Indian
• Nihimásáni deiztłʼǫ́
• Nihimásáni deiztłʼǫ́

Subject

• National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) > Exhibitions
• Navajo textile fabrics > Exhibitions
• Navajo Indians > Social life and customs > Exhibitions
• Navajo philosophy > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs

Note

• "Published in conjunction with the exhibition ... from the National Museum of the American Indian, on view at the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, New York City, Oct. 6, 1996 to Jan. 8, 1997"--T.p verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-209) and index.

Language (note)

• Catalog descriptions in English and Navajo.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Shiʾ shaʾ haneʾ (my story) / D.Y. Begay -- A conversation with my father / D.Y. Begay -- The Navajo concept of art / Harry Walters -- ShiŁ yȯȯł tʾooł: personification of Navajo weaving / Wesley Thomas -- Beeldlėi bäh häneʾ (The blanket story) / Kalley Kearns -- "More of survival than art": comparing late nineteenth- and late twentieth-century lifeways and weaving / Ann Lane Hedlund -- Navajo blankets / Joe Ben Wheat.

ISBN

1560987286 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^96033411^

OCLC

• 35198685
• SCSB-13356243

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library