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Woven by the grandmothers : nineteenth-century Navajo textiles from the National Museum of the American Indian = Nihimásáni deiztłʼǫ́ ... / edited by Eulalie H. Bonar ; Navajo translations by Ellavina Perkins and Esther Yazzie.

Washington, D. C. : Smithsonian Institution Press in association with the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, ©1996.

©1996

xv, 214 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

"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.

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

Navajo textile fabrics -- Exhibitions.

Navajo Indians -- Social life and customs -- Exhibitions.

Navajo philosophy -- Exhibitions.

Exhibition catalogs.

Bonar, Eulalie H.

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

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

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the National Museum of the American Indian, New York City, Oct. 1996 to Jan. 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-209) and index.

English and Navajo.

Shi' Sha' Hane' (My story) / D.Y. Begay -- A conversation with my father, Kee Yazzie Begay / D.Y. Begay -- The Navajo concept of art / Harry Walters -- Shil Yool T'ool: personification of Navajo weaving / Wesley Thomas -- Beeldlei Bah Hane' (The blanket story) / Kalley Keams -- "More of survival than an art": comparing late nineteenth- and late twentieth-century lifeways and weaving / Ann Lane Hedlund -- Navajo blankets / Joe Ben Wheat -- A selection of textiles from the collection -- Notes on selected collectors / Eulalie H. Bonar -- Catalogue of the collection.

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