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Red was the most difficult dye to obtain locally. Early Navajo textiles use cochineal, an extract from a Mesoamerican beetle, which often made a circuitous trade route through Spain and England on its way to the Navajo. Reds used in Navajo weaving tended to be raveled from imported textiles. The Navajo obtained black dye through piñon pitch ...
Navajo rugs are woven by Navajo women today from Navajo-Churro sheep, other breeds of sheep, or commercial wool. Designs can be pictorial or abstract, based on historic Navajo, Spanish, Asian, or Persian designs. 20th century Navajo weavers include Clara Sherman and Hosteen Klah, who co-founded the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.
D.Y. Begay (born 1953) is a Navajo textile artist born into the Tóʼtsohnii (Big Water) Clan and born from the Táchiiʼnii (Red Streak Earth) [1] Clan. [2] Biography
Tyrrell Tapaha is a Diné textile artist who makes pictorial woven works. Tapaha is a sixth generation weaver who grew up on the Navajo Nation at Goat Springs, Arizona. In 2022 they received the Brandford/Elliott Award from the American Textile Society .
Pages in category "Navajo textile artists" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Navajo woman's fancy manta, wool, ca. 1850-1865, collection of the Arizona State Museum [1] A manta is a rectangular textile that was worn as a blanket or as a wrap-around dress. [2] When worn as a dress, the manta is held together by a woven sash. Mantas are worn by such indigenous peoples as the Navajo, [2] Hopi, and Pueblo peoples.
D.Y. Begay, Navajo (born 1953) Florence Davidson, Haida, Canada (1896–1993) Sarah Hardisty, Dene regalia maker, textile artist, and quillwork artist (1924–2014) Hastiin Klah, Navajo (1867–1937) Lily Hope, Tlingit (born 1983) Ursala Hudson, Tlingit; Carla Hemlock, Mohawk (born 1961) Julia Marden, Aquinnah Wampanoag; Arnulfo Mendoza ...
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