book chapter
Present trends in weaving on the western Navajo Reservation
Plateau • 23 • Published In 1950 • Pages: 1-6
By: Bartlett, Katherine.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This informative survey of weaving trends in the western part of the Navajo reservation circa 1950 serves to bring the history of Navajo weaving up to that date. It covers the then present practices in types of wool, dyes, designs, weaves, and evaluates the degree of artistic achievement.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Wool production
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Paint and dye manufacture
- Decorative art
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Kachen S. Coley ; 1952-1953
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1950
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Arizona and Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Katherine Bartlett
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 32008235
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians