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Spider Woman's gift : nineteenth-century Diné textiles at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

Title
Spider Woman's gift : nineteenth-century Diné textiles at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture / edited by Shelby J. Tisdale ; essays by Joyce Begay-Foss and Marian E. Rodee ; studio photography by Blair Clark.
Publication
Santa Fe : Museum of New Mexico Press, ©2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Tisdale, Shelby J.
  • Begay-Foss, Joyce.
  • Rodee, Marian E.
  • Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology (Museum of New Mexico)
Description
95 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
Summary
Dine textile and basketry weavings in Santa Fe's Museum of Indian Arts and Culture collections created between the 1850s and the 1890s allow us to explore the oral history of Spider Woman and the early history of the Dine during this time. This book presents two viewpoints on Dine weaving.
Subject
  • Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology (Museum of New Mexico)
  • Navajo textile fabrics
  • Navajo blankets
  • Navajo Indians > History
  • Navajo Indians
  • Navajo
  • Webarbeit
  • Korbware
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 94).
Contents
Spider woman's gift: introduction / Shelby J. Tisdale -- Spider woman's gift: from a weaver's perspective / Joyce Begay-Foss -- Spider woman's gift: from the anthropological perspective / Marian E. Rodee.
ISBN
  • 0890135312
  • 9780890135310
LCCN
  • 2011277466
  • 9780890135310
OCLC
  • ocn741342613
  • 741342613
  • SCSB-1604228
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library