Patterns of Exchange

By Teresa J. Wilkins

Subjects: Navajo weavers, Navajo Indians, Trading posts, Commerce, Navajo textile fabrics, Indian textile fabrics, north america, Indians of north america, history, Indians of north america, commerce, History, Textile fabrics, history, Indians of north america, southwest, new

Description: The Navajo rugs and textiles people admire and buy today are the result of many historical influences, particularly the interaction between Navajo weavers and the traders who guided their production and controlled their sale. John Lorenzo Hubbell and other late-nineteenth-century traders were convinced they knew which patterns and colors would appeal to Anglo-American buyers, and so they heavily encouraged those designs. In Patterns of Exchange, Teresa J. Wilkins traces how the relationships between generations of Navajo weavers and traders affected Navajo weaving.