the warp in the healds and on the rod 383
46.--Weaving of saddle-girth 383
47.--Diagram showing arrangement of healds in
diagonal weaving 384
48.--Diagonal cloth 384
49.--Navajo blanket of the finest quality 385
50.--Navajo blankets 386
51.--Navajo blanket 386
52.--Navajo blanket 387
53.--Navajo blanket 387
54.--Part of Navajo blanket 388
55.--Part of Navajo blanket 388
56.--Diagram showing formation of warp of sash 388
57.--Section of Navajo belt 389
58.--Wooden heald of the Zuñis 389
59.--Girl weaving (from an Aztec picture) 391




NAVAJO WEAVERS.

BY DR. WASHINGTON MATTHEWS.


§ I. The art of weaving, as it exists among the Navajo Indians of New
Mexico and Arizona, possesses points of great interest to the student
of ethnography. It is of aboriginal origin; and while European art has
undoubtedly modified it, the extent and nature of the foreign
influence is easily traced. It is by no means certain, still there are