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Navajo Native Dyes: Their Preparation and Use [Hardcover]

Stella Young (Author)
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June 1976 0404155049 978-0404155049
Simply written text, accompanied by detailed line illustrations of plants, explains how to select and mix natural colors of wool and prepare "recipes" for producing specific colors of dye from desert plants, among them single-flowered actinea for yellow, alder bark for a soft brown, the Rocky Mountain bee plant for a pale greenish yellow, more.
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  • Hardcover: 75 pages
  • Publisher: Ams Pr Inc (June 1976)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0404155049
  • ISBN-13: 978-0404155049
  • Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,368,745 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Contents, August 9, 2009
Navajo Native Dyes: Their preparations and use

Recipes formulated by Nonabah G Bryan, Navajo

Compiled by Stella Young

Illustrations by Charles Keetsie Shirley, Navajo
1940
United States Department of the Interior: Bureau of Indian Affairs

FIRST EDITION

Recipes for making genuine Navajo dyes, primarily for coloring wool to be woven into rugs. Illustrations help to identify the plants used in the recipes. 75 pages
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