Spider Woman's gift : nineteenth-century Diné textiles at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture / edited by Shelby J. Tisdale ; essays by Joyce Begay-Foss and Marian E. Rodee ; studio photography by Blair Clark.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tisdale, Shelby J.

Begay-Foss, Joyce.

Rodee, Marian E.

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology (Museum of New Mexico)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology (Museum of New Mexico).

Navajo textile fabrics.

Navajo blankets.

Navajo Indians--History.

Navajo Indians.

History.

Physical Description:

95 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Sante Fe : Museum of New Mexico Press, [2011]

Summary:

Between the red canyon walls of Canyon de Chelly in Arizona, in the heart of the Navajo Nation, stands an eight-hundred-foot sandstone rock formation known as Spider Rock. According to Dine oral history, this sacred place is where Spider Woman, or Na ashe'ii'asdza, makes her home. For centuries, her gift of weaving has provided the Dine with a constant means of sustenance. Dine textile and basketry weavings in Santa Fe's Museum of Indian Arts and Culture collections created between the 1850s and the 1890s allow us to explore the oral history of Spider Woman and the early history of the Dine during this time. Spider Woman's Gift presents two viewpoints on Dine weaving. One is the perspective of Dine weaver and museum educator, Joyce Begay-Foss and the other viewpoint is from well-known Dine textile scholar and anthropologist, Marian Rodee. Starting with early baskets, there is visual evidence of Spider Woman's influence

Contents:

Spider woman's gift: introduction / Shelby J. Tisdale

Spider woman's gift: from a weaver's perspective / Joyce Begay-Foss

Spider woman's gift: from the anthropological perspective / Marian E. Rodee.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 94).

ISBN:

0890135312

9780890135310

OCLC:

741342613