Navajo weavings can bring thousands at auction, but the tribe's textile tradition is about far more than earning money. It's about preserving and transferring culture across generations. For centuries ...
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For centuries, the lives of Navajo people have been intertwined with livestock - specifically, one particular breed of sheep they've relied on for meat and wool. The tribe is well known for weaving ...
Webbed Skies at MoMA PS1 is the first major museum exhibition for Melissa Cody. Cody is a fourth-generation Navajo/Diné weaver, and much of her practice is rooted in the Germantown Revival style: a ...
The town that gave its name to the Navajo weaving style associated with Melissa Cody’s work was also where Howardena Pindell grew up during Jim Crow. From left: Howardena Pindell, 80, painter, and ...
"This book represents a major revision of my previous work on the significance of the swastika motif in Navajo weaving entitled The Swastika Symbol in Navajo Textiles, the latest edition (5th) of ...
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Woven history: During a recent visit to the National Gallery of Art, computer historian Ken Shirriff stumbled across a Navajo weaving with a strangely familiar pattern. Upon closer inspection, he ...
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