Navajo Saddle Blankets: Textiles to Ride in the American West - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0890134065 ISBN 13: 9780890134061

Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Pr, 2002

Synopsis

Navajo saddle blankets are among the most under appreciated art forms in the American Southwest, the Cinderella of Navajo textiles. Both maker and user generally have seen them as utilitarian objects to be worn out and discarded. As a result, we do not adequately appreciate them as an art form within the Navajo weaving tradition. By the same token, we tend to ignore designs and weaving techniques that are particular to saddle blankets, for this is the area where double weaves, the two-faced, the tufted angoras, and especially the twills come into their own. And finally, we miss the lively interaction of this form of textile with the great cowboy culture of the West.

About this title

About the Author

Lane Coulter has an MFA in metalsmithing and is jewellery instructor at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe. He is also the author of Navajo Saddle Blankets. Maurice Dixon Jr is a Santa Fe studio artist. Ward Alan Minge received his PhD in history from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Edition details

• Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0890134065
• ISBN 13: 9780890134061
• Binding: Hardcover
• Editor: Coulter Lane