Southwestern Weaving

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Rodee, Marian

Crafts & Hobbies

Univ Of Nm Press

This new and gorgeously-illustrated book presents important information on Pueblo, Navajo, Rio Grande and Northern Mexican weaving styles of the Southwestern U.S. region. Traditional and modern styles of blankets, clothing and rugs are identified and explained in detail with brief accounts of some of the old trading posts that sold them. Unique to this book are discussions of family styles with active weavers today. The author continues to work with modern weavers interested in preserving old styles and has gained personal insight to the origins of both old and new designs which she shares, for the first time, with her readers. The illustrations are drawn largely from the famous and outstanding collection of southwestern weavings at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of Ne Mexico where the author has been curator for many years. She knows these weavings well and clearly explains them. 194 color plates and 385 beautiful black and white pictures present these outstanding weavings clearly for close inspections. All weavers, collectors, dealers, and historians will welcome this new study.

WEAVING OF THE SOUTHWEST From the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology University of New Mexico

Antiques & Collectibles

Schiffer Publishing Co.

Zuni pueblo in western New Mexico is renowned for its small carved stone animal figurines, or fetishes. A fetish is an object, natural or manmade, in which a spirit is thought to reside and which can be used to effect either good or evil. According to legend, when a man finds a rock that resembles an animal, he has in his possession one of the original animals turned to stone by the children of the Sun Father. Such a fetish has the soul or breath of the animal inside. 
In recent years the market demand for fetishes from Zuni has spurred an increase in the number of carvers. Published in 1995 and now available from UNM Press, The Fetish Carvers of Zuni studies both the history of fetishes and Zuni's major contemporary fetish carvers, their art, aesthetics, and business.

The Fetish Carvers of Zuni

Arts & Photography

Ostler, James

History & Criticism

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico

Zuni: A Village of Silversmiths

Explore the world of beautiful silver jewelry, and the exquisite craftsmanship of the Pueblo of Zuni silversmiths. Examine the development of Zuni silversmithing as an expression of Zuni cultural values and aesthetics. View the unique relationships these master craftspeople have developed with their traders and buyers. In Zuni A Village of Silversmiths contemporary Zuni artists enable you to enter the world of Zuni silversmithing and investigate the intricacies of design, personal style, and expression that make Zuni jewelry famous around the world. Over 200 photographs.

Nahohai, Milford

Zuni A:Shiwi Pub

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