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Navajo weavers (1884)

Matthews, Washington, 1843-1905. [from old catalog] · Washington · leaf 29

An illustration from Navajo weavers, 1884, leaf 29
aver proceeds as follows : She drives into the ground four sticks and on them she winds her warp as a continuous string Fig. 57.— Section of Navajo belt. (however, as the warp usually consists of threads of three different colors it is not always one continuous string) from below upwards in such a… … Fig. 58.— Wooden beald of Hie Zufiis. string around the intersection of the sheds at e, so as to keep the sheds separate while she is mounting the warp on the beams. She then places the upper beam of the loom in the place of the stick /; and the lower beam in the place of the stick a. Sometimes the…

Navajo weavers · Navajo textile fabrics

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