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Navajo weavers (1885)

Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905, author · Washington : Government Printing Office · leaf 19

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384 NAVAJO WEAVERS. as that just described, except that the healds are arranged differently on the warp. The following diagram will explain this arrangement. To make the most approved series of diamonds the sheds are opened twice in the direct order ( i . e ., from below upwards) and twice in the … inverse order, thus: First, second, third, fourth, first, second, third, fourth, third, second, first, fourth, third, second, first, fourth, and so on. If this order is departed from the figures become irregular. If the weaver continues more than twice consecutively in either order, a row Fig. 48.…

Indians, North American · Textiles

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