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This book concerns itself with the origin of the different types of Navajo rugs, with suggestions on how and where to buy, and with their care. New histotical notes were added to facts previously known. The history of the Navajo People has been sketchily depicted and then only as it concerns their weaving. Includes history of weaving, how a rug is made, rug types and areas, how to buy a rug, how to collect rugs, fact and fancy, the future, 20 color...
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The author of this guide spent four summers during the 1930s among the Navajos, from whom she learned the principles of weaving. This book conducts readers through the process, introducing the materials and methods of the Navajo style and commenting on history, patterns, symbolism, and other related matters. 97 illustrations.
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