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The document is a master's project by Bridget Anne Gallagher that explores the art and history of Navajo weaving. It serves as an Alternative Culminating Experience for a Master of Arts in Education, focusing on integrating arts education into the curriculum. The project details the author's journey in learning various weaving techniques, particularly Navajo weaving, and emphasizes its cultural significance and spiritual connections. Through research and practical application, Gallagher aims to teach third-grade students about Navajo culture and weaving, fostering creativity and appreciation for this traditional art form.

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What do the patterns of the Navajo weave mean?

The Navajo use various patterns for weaving, usually geometric figures with squares, diamonds, crosses and zig zag lines to depict the natural elements of mountains, lightening, and sacred deities such as Spider Woman.

What is the story of the Navajo blanket?

Navajo women learned both spinning and weaving techniques from the Pueblo peoples and had the Churro sheep from the Spanish and invented a new art form, weaving blankets, enabling the previously nomadic hunter-gatherer culture to settle in one place and still make a living.

What is the origin of the Navajo weaving?

Anthropologists say that the Navajo, an Athabaskan-speaking people, migrated south from Canada into New Mexico sometime before 1400. From the Spanish settlers they acquired churro sheep, noted for their long, fine, lustrous wool; from the Pueblo people they adopted the upright loom and weaving techniques.

Is Navajo weaving still done today?

It is generally agreed that the origin of the craft is categorized into six periods of development; the Pueblo Period (1700-1850), Classic Period (1850-1863), Transition Period (1868-1890), Rug Period (1890-1920), Revival Period (1920-1940) and the Regional Style Period (1940-present).

What are the six periods of Navajo weaving and their dates?

How long does it take to weave a Navajo rug? It takes about 2 to 3 months for an average weave 4 x 6 rug, or 5 to 6 months for an exceptional weaving.

What is the history of weaving?

Weaving is one of the oldest crafts in history, dating back to at least 12,000 years ago during the Neolithic era. Before weaving became solely a textile craft, early humans weaved branches, twigs and other plant fibers to create threads for building homes, baskets and other necessary objects of utility.

What is the history of the Navajo weaving?

Today, Navajo weavers work in a wide range of styles from geometric abstraction and representationalism to biomorphic abstraction and use a range of natural undyed sheep wool, natural dyes, and commercial dyes.