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PLATE XXXIV. — Navajo woman spinning 376 



XXXV. — Weaving of diamond-shaped diagonals 380 



XXXVI.— Navajo woman weaving a belt 384 



XXXVII.— Ziiiii women weaving a belt 388 



XXXVIII.— Bringing down the batten 390 



Fig. 42.— Ordinary Navajo blanket loom 378 



43. — Diagram showing formation of warp 379 



44.— Weaving of saddle-girth 382 



45. — Diagram showing arrangement of threads of the warp in the 



healds and on the rod 383 



46. — Weaving of saddle-girth 383 



47. — Diagram showing arrangement of healds in diagonal weaving. 384 



48.— Diagonal cloth 384 



49. — Navajo blanket of the finest quality 385 



50. — Navajo blankets 386 



51. — Navajo blanket 386 



52. — Navajo blanket 387 



53. — Navajo blaDket 387 



54. — Part of Navajo blanket 388 



55. — Part of Navajo blanket 388 



56. — Diagram showing formation of warp of sash 388 



57.— Section of Navajo belt 389 



59.— Wooden heald of the Zuuis 389 



59. — Girl weaving (from an Aztec picture) 391 



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