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Diné Weavings
Tradition and Transformation in Indigenous Textiles of the American Southwest
Friday
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 12:20pm to 12:50pm
Harriet L. and Paul M. Weissman Gallery
Christine Delucia, Assistant Professor of History
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 12:20pm to 12:50pm
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Christopher Soldt
Events And Links
January 19, 2016 to May 29, 2016
Dancers of the Nightway
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...
February 4, 2016 | Gamble Auditorium, Art Building
Dancers of the Nightway in Navajo Weavings
Spring opening lecture
Lecture
Rebecca M. Valette '59, Professor Emeritus, Boston College
January 21, 2016 to April 10, 2016
People Will Know Our Names
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 ...
