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Navajo weavers (1885)

Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905, author · Washington : Government Printing Office · leaf 25

An illustration from Navajo weavers, 1885, leaf 25
388 NAVAJO WEAVERS. make excellent bedding for troops in the field. Fig. 54 is a water-proof serape of well-twilled native wool. The aboriginal woman’s dress is made of two small blankets, equal … Fig. 54.— Part of Navajo blanket. in size and similar in design, sewed together at the sides, with aper¬ tures left for the arms and no sleeves. It is invariably woven in black Fig. 55.— Part of Navajo blanket. or dark-blue native wool with a broad variegated stripe in red im¬ ported yarn or red…

Indians, North American · Textiles

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