Pepper, George H. (George Hubbard), 1873-1924 · [Place of publication not identified] · leaf 8
The wool is dyed by being boiled in the solution. My in¬ formant said that she did not know of the practice of using roots in the way mentioned by Dr. Matthews. A jet black may also be seen in the old blankets. It is a native product and, as will be shown later, is practically the only primitive… … PLACED IN A KETTLE OF WATER AND ALLOWED TO BOIL Thus we have in the old textiles of the Navajos their co¬ lor charts. Time and the introduction of cheap substitutes have caused the Indians to abandon their old methods and the next generation will hardly know that their grandmothers were dye makers.…
Dyes and dyeing · Navajo Indians
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