Monday, June 14, 2010

The Beauty of the Navajo Loom

The Navaho-land blanket looms are in evidence everywhere. In the winter months they are set up in the hogans, but during the summer they are erected outdoors under an improvised shelter, or, as in this case, beneath a tree. The simplicity of the loom and its product are here clearly shown, pictured in the early morning light under a large cottonwood.
EDWARD S. CURTIS

Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son, c1904. / Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's 'The North American Indian': the Photographic Images, 2001