NAVAJO SHEPHERD AND WEAVER [SOLD]
- Subject: Native American Textiles
- Item # C3486X
- Date Published: First edition, hardback, November 1936.
- Size: 222 pages, 60 plates, 35 text figures. Cover is board overlaid with burlap with red printed title and design. SOLD
NAVAJO SHEPHERD AND WEAVER by Gladys A. Reichard; Published by J. J. Augustin Publisher, New York City. First edition, hardback, November 1936. Cover is board overlaid with burlap with red printed title and design. 222 pages, 60 plates, 35 text figures.
Condition: very good condition
From the Foreword
This description of Navajo weaving aims to present the attitude of the weaver toward her work. It is based upon the experience of four summers (1930-1933) during which time I lived with Red Point’s family and learned, among many other things, the principles of weaving. I myself tried all the processes described, with the constant, kindly, and patient critical accompaniment of my Navajo friends, and accomplished them with varying degrees of success.
There is a great difference between experience with carding, spinning, weaving and just knowing about them or watching someone else do them. Experience points out the problems, suggests the motives, accepts or discards the procedures. All these depend upon knowledge and feeling for the smallest details and coordination of that information into a unit of action.
Table of Contents
Chapters
I. The weaver
II. Wool
III. Yarn
IV. Color
V. Natural colors
VI. Implements
VII. Warpstringing
VIII. Setting up the loom
IX. Manipulation
X. Continuation of weaving
XI. Pattern
XII. Saddleblanket patterns
XIII. Designing ordinary weaves
XIV. Designing saddleblanket weaves
XV. Warp weaving
XVI. Style
XVII. Sandpainting tapestries
XVIII. Origin and Age
XIX. Symbolism
XX. Opinions
XXI. How to buy a blanket
XXII. Virtuosity
Appendices:
I. Implements and materials for rugs
II. Implements and materials for warp-weaving
III. Lessons
IV. List of Navajo names used for materials for natural dyes
Appendix V. Glossary of weaving terms
- Subject: Native American Textiles
- Item # C3486X
- Date Published: First edition, hardback, November 1936.
- Size: 222 pages, 60 plates, 35 text figures. Cover is board overlaid with burlap with red printed title and design. SOLD
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