{"product_id":"navajo-textiles-laurie-d-webster-9781607326724","title":"Navajo Textiles: The Crane Collection at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNavajo Textiles\u003c\/i\u003e provides a nuanced account the Navajo weavings in the Crane Collection at the Denver Museum of Nature \u0026amp; Science--one of the largest collections of Navajo textiles in the world. Bringing together the work of anthropologists and indigenous artists, the book explores the Navajo rug trade in the mid-nineteenth century and changes in the Navajo textile market while highlighting the museum's important, though still relatively unknown, collection of Navajo textiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this unique collaboration among anthropologists, museums, and Navajo weavers, the authors provide a narrative of the acquisition of the Crane Collection and a history of Navajo weaving. Personal reflections and insights from foremost Navajo weavers D. Y. Begay and Lynda Teller Pete are also featured, and more than one hundred stunning full-color photographs of the textiles in the collection are accompanied by technical information about the materials and techniques used in their creation. An introduction by Ann Lane Hedlund documents the growing collaboration between Navajo weavers and museums in Navajo textile research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe legacy of Navajo weaving is complex and intertwined with the history of the Din  themselves. \u003ci\u003eNavajo Textiles\u003c\/i\u003e makes the history and practice of Navajo weaving accessible to an audience of scholars and laypeople both within and outside the Din  community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurie D. Webster, Louise Stiver, D. Y. Begay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1607326728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781607326724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Colorado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.90h x 9.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018","brand":"Laurie D. Webster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074561405183,"sku":"9781607326724","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_545b13d4-6fde-49f0-a267-a29db56b5e10.jpg?v=1685454465","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/navajo-textiles-laurie-d-webster-9781607326724","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}