navajo weavings
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Navajo Weavings
Where did Navajo people come from?
• Southwestern United States• Western New Mexico, southern Utah and
northern Arizona.
How did the Native Americans make Weavings?
• How did they make yarn?• Where did yarn come from?
Story of Mae Beth
• Mae Beth used sheers to cut wool off the sheep.
Mae Beth cleaned the wool
• Mae Beth cleaned the wool with her hands.
Cleaning wool
• These are the carding combs that Mae Beth used to clean the wool.
Spinning wool
• This is the spindle that Mae Beth used to spin, yarn, and fiber the wool.
Dry the wool
• The sun dries the wool.
Dye the wool
• These are the plants that are used to dye the wool that came from the sheep that Mae Beth sheared.
Dye the wool
• This the fire and wash tub that boiled the water and dyed the wool that came from the sheep that Mae Beth sheared.
Loom
• This is the loom that Mae Beth used to create the rug.
Weaving
• This is the precious Navajo rug that Mae Beth made from the wool that came from the sheep that Mae Beth sheared.
Home
• This is Mae Beth’s home where she creates weavings.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ByYj5G4-Hc
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbtKnvc_9No
Objectives
• The students will be able to understand the process of weaving used by the Navajo Indians.
• Students will be able to recognize patterns in pictures of rugs made by different tribes.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of basic weaving techniques by making a weaving using yarn.