Navajo textiles
Subtitle: the William Randolph Hearst Collection
By: Nancy J. Blomberg.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Tucson, AZ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 -- Ethnological collections -- Catalogs.; Navajo textile fabrics -- Catalogs.
Description: William Randolph Hearst's collection of Navajo textiles is one of the most complete gatherings of nineteenth-century Navajo weaving in the world. Comprising dozens of Classic Period serapes, chief blankets, Germantown eyedazzlers, and turn-of-the-century rugs, the 185-piece collection was donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History in 1942 but for the next forty years was known only to a handful of scholars.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 251-253.
Includes index.