Navajo Textiles: The William Randolph Hearst Collection

by Nancy J. Blomberg

William Randolph Hearst's collection of Navajo textiles is one of the most complete gatherings of nineteenth-century Navajo weaving in the world. Comprising dozens of Classic Period serapes, chief blankets, Germantown eyedazzlers, and turn-of-the-century rugs, the 185-piece collection was donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History in 1942 but for the next forty years was known only to a handful of scholars. Hearst began acquiring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816514674
• ISBN13: 9780816514670
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"