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9780963371027

Weaving the Dance: Navajo Yeibichai Textiles (1910-1950)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780963371027

  • ISBN10:

    0963371029

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-06-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr
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Table of Contents

Preface 4(1)
Foreword 5(1)
Part One: The Yeibichai Theme in Navajo Weavings 6(14)
Brief Historical Background
6(1)
The Tradition of Navajo Weaving
7(1)
The Navajo Spiritual Universe and Ceremonial System
8(1)
The Nightway and the Yeibichai Dance
8(1)
Early Iconography of the Yeibichai Dance
9(4)
Weavings with Ceremonial Themes: Yei, Yeibichai and Sandpainting Textiles
13(3)
Historical and Stylistic Development of Yeibichai Weaving (1900-1950)
16(4)
Part Two: Yeibichai Weavings (1910-1950) 20(51)
Basic Designs
20(2)
Single Yeibichai Dancers
22(6)
Women Dancers in Yeibichai Rugs
28(10)
All-Male Yeibichai Dance Teams: Standardization of Figures
38(6)
Expressing the Movement of the Dance
44(6)
Dancers in Profile
50(6)
Yeibichai Dancers as Decorative Elements
56(10)
Other Ceremonial Dancers
66(5)
Bibliography 71(1)
Credits: Sources of Illustrations 72

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