Diné Weavings
Harriet L. and Paul M. Weissman Gallery
Christine Delucia, Assistant Professor of History
Events And Links
Ceremonial Imagery in Navajo Weaving
For Navajo women, the act of weaving has a sacred dimension since, according to tradition, they learned their craft from a supernatural being named Spider Woman. In the distant past, they wove warm blankets for their personal use and, on occasion, for intertribal barter. In the 1880s, the...
Rebecca M. Valette '59, Professor Emeritus, Boston College
Collection Spotlight
Curated by Lynda Teller Pete, a fifth-generation weaver from the Newcomb and Two Grey Hills areas of the Navajo Nation, this collection spotlight focuses on a ca. 1935-1940 Navajo weaving of Yei figures. As a complement to the concurrent exhibition ...