Research Catalog

Title

Indian blankets and their makers, by George Wharton James.

Author

James, George Wharton, 1858-1923.

Publication

Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1914.

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Details

Description

xvi pages, 1 leaf, 213 pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates (some color); 27 cm

Subject

• Indian textile fabrics > Southwest, New
• Indian blankets > Southwest, New
• Navajo textile fabrics
• Navajo blankets
• Indian blankets
• Indian textile fabrics
• New Southwest

Note

• Deals principally with the Navaho Indians.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

LCCN

14015372

OCLC

• ocm01956255
• 1956255
• SCSB-429584

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library