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Reflections of the weaver's world : the Gloria F. Ross Collection of Contemporary Navajo Weaving / Ann Lane Hedlund.

By: Hedlund, Ann Lane, 1952-.
Contributor(s): Denver Art Museum.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Denver, Colo. : [Seattle] : Denver Art Museum, distributed by the University of Washington Press, c1992Description: 112 p. : col. ill., map ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0295972319.Subject(s): Ross, Gloria F. -- Art collections -- Exhibitions | Navajo textile fabrics -- Exhibitions | Indian textile fabrics -- Southwest, New -- Exhibitions | Hand weaving -- Southwest, New -- Exhibitions | Rugs -- Southwest, New -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 746.14
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Catalog for the exhibition of Navajo weaving that ran through 4 Oct. 1992 in Denver. It will travel to Phoenix, DC, Omaha, and NYC during 1994 and 1995. The show comprises the Gloria F. Ross Collection of Contemporary Navajo Weaving of the Denver Art Museum. Fine color photos of the work with biographical sketches and comments of the weavers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Exhibition catalog.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-112).

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This well-designed book was prepared as a catalog for an exhibition of Navajo weavings at the Denver Art Museum in 1992 by Hedlund, research associate at the museum and professor of anthropology at Arizona State University. The exhibition aims at highlighting the traditions and trends of the craft in the 1980s. Ross's interest in Navajo work was originally sparked by her translation of Kenneth Noland's paintings into tapestries woven by Navajo weavers, and the collection (and exhibition) includes a few examples of these interpretations, along with numerous tradtional weavings. Hedlund describes the weavers' working process its aesthetic, spiritual, practical, and economic aspects and then provides the historical background of the craft, dividing it into four periods, from 1650 to the present. Focusing on style, Hedlund's discussions of each of the nearly 40 entries fall into five categories. Data on the date, size, technique, and material as well as extensive biographical information on the weaver, including quotations accompany each entry. Generously illustrated with color photographs of the weavings and their makers, the book includes a diagram of the upright Navajo loom and a glossary. Recommended for those interested in native anthropology and textile crafts. Advanced undergraduate, graduate, general. M. Tulokas; Rhode Island School of Design

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