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Navajo weavers (1884)

Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905. [from old catalog] · Washington · leaf 27

An illustration from Navajo weavers, 1884, leaf 27
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-… … Flu. 55.— Part of Navajo blanket. or dark-blue native wool with a broad variegated stripe in red im- ported yam or^red bayeta at each end, the designs being of countless Fig. 56.— Diagram showing formation of warp of sash. variety. Plates XXXIV and XXXV represent women wearing such dresses. 17

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