Navajo Native Dyes: Their Preparation and Use (Pamphlet)
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Description
Author/Compiler: Young, Stella
Publisher: Filter Press
Pub Date: 1978 (Reprint edition)
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair to Good. Stapled binding tight. No marks, tears, bends or folds. Sun-fading to rear cover at spine edge and verso edge. Very light edge and corner wear.
Notes: Pamphlet. Reprint edition. Originally published in 1940 by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Recipes formulated by Nonabah G. Bryan, illustrated by Charles Keetsie Shirley, both Navajo. None of these recipes for dyes are super-precise–“Soak dried alder bark over-night, then boil for 2 hours in 5 gallons of water. Strain. Add wet yarn and stir well. Boil for 2 hours. Leave in the dyebath overnight if desired. Rinse.” Black and white illustrations of the plants used in the dyes, with their common name, Latin name, and Navajo name. 84 different colors described (salmon pink? Since the Navajo are ichthyophobes, I think this is a white man’s color. The actual description of the color is a “Mesa Red” )
