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Title: Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution ..
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
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Publisher: Washington, D.C., G.P.O.
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives

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stwere more elaborate in design than now, and that the Navahos learnedto weave from the pueblos. It is further believed that as the pro-gressive Navahos became greater experts in weaving, the art of theZufiis deteriorated: they came to depend on the Navahos for thebetter grade of blankets. In 1881 a young boy about 12 years of age became jealous over thewriters admiration for the Navaho blankets and determined to see Two men were observed to have naturally wavy hair. !>Dr Washington Matthews, U. S. Army, in the Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology,gives an exhaustive account of Navaho weaving. Instating that the Zufiis employ a different methodfrom that of the Navahos in handling the spindle, Dr Matthews is in error. The method shown onplate xxxiv of Hr Matthewss paper is a favorite one with the Zufiis. i-A full description of the preparation of yarn for weaving will be given in a forthcoming paperSpecimens of native-dyed yarn were secured in 1904 after prolonged efforts.
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stevenson) ARTS AND INDUSTRIES 373 what he could do. Going to work with no design before him, he pro-duced a saddle blanket of exceptional beauty. The elaborate figureswere woven in various colors on a red ground. In 1902 a Zuni priestpresented the writer with a blanket of his own weaving, which,though not fine, was elaborate in design and color. It was made inorder to show the writer that the Zunis possess the art of weavingblankets in the Navaho style even though the)^ do not practise it.They prefer to purchase blankets of the more elaborate kind from theNavahos and give their time to other things. Mens shirts, ceremonial kilts and breechcloths, and womens dressesand wraps are woven of black or dark blue native wool in diagonalstyle. These articles have embroidered borders of dark blue. Com-mercial needles take the place of bone. The womans belt is gen-erally woven of red yarn, bordered in green, with designs in whitecotton thread. Before commercial yarn was obtainable, these beltsw

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