Indian Blankets and Their Makers

xvi, 213 With sixty-four illustrations and thirty-two color plates. ...a complete study of one of the domestic arts in which some tribes, especially the Navajos, have attained unequaled skill. Against the fascinating background of Indian history the author tells of the practice of blanket weaving, the uses of designs and their symbolic meaning, of the application of colors, the methods of dyeing and also gives valuable hints on how to obtain genuine Indian blankets.