Industrial+and+Artistic+Technology

= Industrial and Artistic Technology =

= The Artistic Industry =

From: Iverson, Peter. "Navajo." //Encyclopedia Americana//. 2009. Grolier Online. 11 Apr. 2009 <[]>. ·  Adapted many other tribes’ artistic practices to make them their own including: ·  Silversmiths, potters, basket weavers, painters, folk artists, musicians and writers ·  Before 20th century each family had particular type of weaving which identified them ·  19th century trading post owners marketed Navajo weaving to rest of America ·  Also encouraged the Navajo people to develop new weaving styles ·  By 1950s and 1960s trading posts didn’t have monopoly of Navajo arts due to new system ·  By 1960’s Navajo weavings also sold at auctions ·  in the 20th century there has been increasingly less Navajo artists but more popularity (and profit) from the rest of the world ·  with new technology in 20th and 21st century different forms of Navajo art has been able to expand example: basket weavers can use computers to create new designs for their baskets

=**Clothes**=

from: Wolfson, Evelyn. //From Abenaki to Zuni: A Dictionary of Native American Tribes//. New York City: Walker Publishing Company Inc., 1988. pgs 113-116 ·  Originally men and women wore clothes and blankets made from yucca fibres, sandals,and legging ·  Taught by Hopi( another native tribe in the area) how to weave cotton and wool ·    Navajo then wove cotton and wool instead of yucca ·  Women wore mantas, handwoven pieces of cloth ·  By late 1800’s European influence changed Navajo clothes o Women wore long skirts made with cotton and rayon and blouses o Men wore white cotton pants and velveteen shirts

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