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Author : Margaret Musgrove
Release : 2001
Genre : Africa
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 875/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Spider Weaver by : Margaret Musgrove
Download or read book The Spider Weaver written by Margaret Musgrove. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this retelling of a tale from Ghana, a wondrous spider shows two Ashanti weavers how to make intricate, colorful patterns in the cloth that they weave.
Author : Barbara Teller Ornelas
Release : 2018
Genre : Crafts & Hobbies
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 757/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Spider Woman's Children by : Barbara Teller Ornelas
Download or read book Spider Woman's Children written by Barbara Teller Ornelas. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navajo rugs set the gold standard for handwoven textiles in the U.S. But what about the people who create these treasures? Spider Woman's Children is the inside story, told by two women who are both deeply embedded in their own culture and considered among the very most skillful and artistic of Navajo weavers today. Barbara Teller Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete are fifth-generation weavers who grew up at the fabled Two Grey Hills trading post. Their family and clan connections give them rare insight, as this volume takes readers into traditional hogans, remote trading posts, reservation housing neighborhoods, and urban apartments to meet weavers who follow the paths of their ancestors, who innovate with new designs and techniques, and who uphold time-honored standards of excellence. Throughout the text are beautifully depicted examples of the finest, most mindful weaving this rich tradition has to offer.
Author : Gladys Amanda Reichard
Release : 1997
Genre : Crafts & Hobbies
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 933/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Spider Woman by : Gladys Amanda Reichard
Download or read book Spider Woman written by Gladys Amanda Reichard. This book was released on 1997. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively account of a pioneering anthropologist's experiences with a Navajo family grew out of the author's desire to learn to weave as a way of participating in Navajo culture rather than observing it from the outside. In 1930, when Gladys Reichard came to stay with the family of Red-Point, a well-known Navajo singer, it was unusual for an anthropologist to live with a family and become intimately connected with women's activities. First published in 1934 for a popular audience, Spider Woman is valued today not just for its information on Navajo culture but as an early example of the kind of personal, honest ethnography that presents actual experiences and conversations rather than generalizing the beliefs and behaviors of a whole culture. Readers interested in Navajo weaving will find it especially useful, but Spider Woman's picture of daily life goes far beyond rugs to describe trips to the trading post, tribal council meetings, curing ceremonies, and the deaths of family members.
Author : Edel Wignell
Release : 2003
Genre : Readers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 603/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Spider Weaver by : Edel Wignell
Download or read book The Spider Weaver written by Edel Wignell. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rhonda Mitchell
Release : 2001
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 823/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Talking Cloth by : Rhonda Mitchell
Download or read book The Talking Cloth written by Rhonda Mitchell. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energetic Aunt Phoebe, a "collector" of life, shows her niece Amber a finely embroidered and hand-printed "adinkra" cloth from Ghana, which was at one point reserved for royalty. Using her imagination, Amber is transformed by the "adinkra" into an Ashanti princess. Full-color illustrations.
