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The Song of the Loom: New Traditions in Navajo Weaving
by Dockstader, Frederick J
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0933920873
- ISBN 13
- 9780933920873
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1987 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong Quarto. 130 pp, foreword by Robert J. Koenig; preface, map: The Navajo Country, introduction, Song of the Past: The Traditions; Song of the Hatali: The Religion; Song of the Weaver: Techniques and Materials; Song of the Loom: The Present; The Catalog of Color Plates; glossary, biographical notes, biblography, index with more than 100 illustrations including 83 in full color. Hudson Mills Press in Association with the Montclair Art Museum: First Edition, 1987. "This book demonstrates how brilliantly the tradition of Navajo weaving continues to flourish in our time. This full-color volume surveys a collection that includes many 20th-century masterpieces, with a particularly strong representation of ceremonial Chant Weaves based on sacred sand paintings, including three complete Chants (fourteen designs from the Great Star Chant, five from the Red Ant Way, and four from the Coyote Way). Price clipped. Tipped-in large plate presented by The Ohio University Foundation on the occasion of The Ohio University Third Century Campaign, 1989. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003103
- Title
- The Song of the Loom: New Traditions in Navajo Weaving
- Author
- Dockstader, Frederick J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0933920873
- ISBN 13
- 9780933920873
- Publisher
- Hudson Hills Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- CRAFTS NATIVE AMERICAN WEAVING NAVAJO INDIANS TEXTILE INDUSTRY ANDFABRICS TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS
- Size
- Oblong Quarto
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- Plate
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- Tight
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