Navajo Weavings

This book covers development from the seventeenth century through innovations of the craft today—everything from the classic Chief's Blankets, to the famous Two Grey Hills designs, to the latest in pictorial rugs. Of great help to the new collector is the list of standards in judging the quality of a rug and advice for its proper care. Fully illustrated with stunning examples of over fifty rug types.

Kent McManis and fellow trader Robert Jeffries have provided us with the definitive introduction to one of the most popular American Indian arts—Navajo rug weaving.

Robert Jeffries has been weaving the Navajo way for thirty-five years and has been involved with the world of Native American arts since 1981. He works with Kent McManis at Grey Dog Trading Company.

Kent McManis has sold Navajo weavings since the early 1970s. He collects Zuni fetishes and contemporary and historic textiles, and lectures on the art of Navajo weaving. He and his wife own Grey Dog Trading Company in Tucson, Arizona.