Swept Under the Rug
Subtitle: A Hidden History of Navajo Weaving (University of Arizona Southwest Center Book)
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: November 8, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780826328311
Subjects: Carpets & rugs; History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Marketing; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Business / Economics / Finance; Rugs; History: American; North America; USA; Native American; Commerce; Archives; Hubbell, Lorenzo; Social Science / Native American Studies; Collectors and collecting; History; Navajo blankets; Navajo textile fabrics
Description: "Beginning with an analysis of trader archives revealing that nearly all Navajo textiles were wholesaled by weight until the 1960s, M'Closkey scrutinizes the complex interactions among artists, dealers, collectors, and museum curators that have facilitated the explosion in value of those old weavings. She also examines the production of Mexican copies of Navajo-style rugs, which in recent years has combined with the market for pre-1950 textiles to diminish the demand for contemporary Navajo weavings.

Navajo patterns, she points out, remain unprotected by copyright because traditional designs have been in the public domain for decades." "No one who studies, collects, sells, or enjoys Navajo textiles (either genuine or knock-offs) can ignore this book. Sure to be controversial, it will be important reading for anyone concerned with the merchandising of Indian art."--BOOK JACKET.