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Navajo ceremonial-pattern weaving and its relationship to drypainting
Navajo religion and culture: selected views • (17) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 68-74
By: Rodee, Marian E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Although the origins of ceremonial-pattern weaving are admittedly obscure, Rodee suggests that they were probably derived '…to provide ethnologists and other interested visitors with a record of a drypainting [sandpainting] that was a bit finer and more decorative than the usual drawing' (p. 72). Prior to 1883, when the first ethnographers began to work with the Navajo, no ceremonial rug is known. Around 1910 commercialization of the design form depicting the Ye'iis and other religious and mythological figures, began in earnest. Traders frequently suggested to the Navajos particular forms which they believed would be more appealing to White customers. The bulk of the source describes the various changes in designs, materials and values of these rugs from the early 20th century to the early 1980s.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Representative 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
- essay
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1986
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1890s-1960
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo Indian Reservation; New Mexico, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marian E. Rodee
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 74)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81086446
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians