essay
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..
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1986
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1890s-1960
- Coverage Place
- Navajo Indian Reservation; New Mexico, Arizona, United States
- Notes
- Marian E. Rodee
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 74)
- LCCN
- 81086446
- LCSH
- Navajo Indians