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Navajo Weavings with Ceremonial Themes: A Historical Overview of a Secular Art Form (Hardcover)
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Navajo Weavings with Ceremonial Themes: A Historical Overview of a Secular Art Form (Hardcover)
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Featuring more than 500 photos and maps, this is the first
comprehensive, research-based history of Navajo weavings with
imagery inspired by tribal sacred practices. These Yei, Yeibichai,
and sandpainting textiles have been the most sought after by
collectors and the least studied by scholars. In spite of their
iconography, they never served a ceremonial function. They were
created by Navajo women at the instigation of Anglo traders, for
sale to wealthy collectors willing to pay premium prices for their
perceived spiritual symbolism. This book describes the historical
and artistic development of the genre from its controversial
emergence around 1900, to the 1920-1940 period of intense
creativity, and concluding with the contemporary search for
innovative patterns. Never-before-published weavings, detailed
annotations, and an extensive bibliography make this an invaluable
reference for scholars and collectors, and a fascinating
exploration for all who are interested in the Southwest and its
native cultures.
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