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Title: American Indians : first families of the Southwest
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Huckel, John Frederick, 1863-1936 Harvey, Fred
Subjects: Indians of North America
Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : F. Harvey
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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met and spoken to more whites than hasElle of Ganado. Of all the Navaho weavers she is recognized as the foremost,never having departed from the best in the native art, both as regards the designsand the natural wools and colors. Several years ago Elle of Ganado was broughtto Albuquerque, there in the Indian Building to give practical demonstration ofthis beautiful native art. Thousands of trans-continental travellers have seen thiswoman of the Navaho at her work. In the illustration the vertical threads are the warp threads; the weft is in-serted between them. The rods across the center of the blanket are inserted amongthe threads of the warp to separate them and to facilitate the insertion of the weftthread. In principle the loom used today by the Navaho Elle and for centuriesbefore by her ancestors resembles closely that of the ancient Egyptians. Among all the Navaho there is not a family that does not possess the necessaryimplements for weaving blankets. Digitized by IVIicrosoft®
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ELLE OF GANADOTHE BEST WEAVER AMONG THE NAVAHOS Digitized by IVIicrosoft® An American Graft Before the White Man Came Until some Pueblo women found their way into the tribe, the Navaho dressedin skins and mats made of coarse bark or fibre. It was centuries ago that thesewomen from the neighboring people taught the Navaho to weave. Today thename Navaho is inseparably linked with the blankets that have come to be prizedas among the most striking and beautiful example of native crafts in the newworld. In the Indian Building at Albuquerque is the finest collection of Navahoblankets in existence. The crowning feature is a number of beautiful bayettassuperior in softness of coloring and quaintness of design to the antique rugs of theOrient. A few distinctive types of this collection are shown here. The old Hopi pattern is one of the famed bayettas, taking its name from thebayetta cloth originally made in Barcelona and brought to America by theSpaniards. Later English manufacturers produced

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