Blanket weaving in the Southwest /

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A history and description of southwestern textiles along with a catalog of Pueblo, Navajo, Mexican, and Spanish American blankets, ponchos, and sarapes.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wheat, Joe Ben
Other Authors: Hedlund, Ann Lane, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Navajo blankets.
Indian blankets > Southwest, New.
Navajo blankets > Catalogs.
Couvertures navajo.
Couvertures des Peuples autochtones > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest)
Couvertures navajo > Catalogues.
ART / General
Indian blankets.
Textielkunst.
Weven.
Navajo (volk)
New Southwest.
Catalogs.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Blanket weaving in the Southwest / Joe Ben Wheat
  • 1. Historical background
  • 2. Fibers and yarns
  • 3. Colors
  • 4. Bayeta and other such
  • 5. Weaving systems
  • 6. Weaves
  • Design
  • Catalogue of selected textiles / Joe Ben Wheat
  • Catalogue introduction / Ann Lane Hedlund
  • Key to color plate captions
  • Pueblo textiles
  • Mantas (plates 6-8)
  • Blankets (plates 9-29)
  • Navajo textiles
  • Mantas (plates 30-40)
  • Two-piece dresses (plates 41-48)
  • Chief blankets (plates 49-70)
  • Women's shoulder blankets (plates 71-81)
  • Ponchos (plates 82-98)
  • Sarapes (plates 99-145)
  • Diyugi blankets (plates 146-152)
  • Moki pattern blankets (plates 153-159)
  • Wedge weaves (plates 160-162)
  • "Slave blankets" (plates 162-169)
  • Mexican and Spanish American textiles
  • Saltillo sarape (plate 170)
  • Blankets (plates 171-187)
  • Design sketches.

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