INDIAN BLANKETS AND THEIR MAKERS – The Navaho [SOLD]

INDIAN BLANKETS AND THEIR MAKERS - The Navaho

Rio Grande Press Reprint

George Wharton James (1858 – 1923)

First Edition published by A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1927

This Rio Grande Press, Inc. first edition published in 1970

Hardback, 216 pages. Endpaper map at front and back.  Over 100 illustrations

Contents

I. Where Navaho Blankets are Made. Navaho Houses and Their Songs of Blessing

II. The Birth and Growth of the Art of Navaho Blanket Weaving

III. The Early History of the Navaho Blanket

IV. The Bayeta Blanket of the Navaho

V. Old Style Native Wool Blankets

VI. Navaho and Pueblo Squaw Dresses

VII. The Song of Blessing of the Blanket

VIII. The Temporary Deterioration of the Art of Navaho Blanket Weaving

IX. Improving the Art of Navaho Blanket Weaving

X. The Significance and Symbolism of Color in the Navaho Blanket

XI. Dyeing with Native and Aniline Dyes

XII. The Origin and Symbolism of Navaho Blanket Designs

XIII. A Navajo Weaver at Work

XIV. The Designs on Modern Navaho Blankets

XV. Navaho and Pueblo Belts, Garters, and Hair Bands

XVI. The Outline Blanket

XVII. Kachina or Yei Blankets

XVIII. The Classification of Modern Blankets

XIX. Imitation Navaho Blankets

XX. Pueblo Indian Weavers

XXI. The Chimayo Blanket

XXII. Cleaning the Navaho Blanket

Appendix

1.The Navaho Indian

II. The Religious Life of the Navaho

III. Navaho Land

IV. Reliable Dealers in Navaho Blanket