Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seekerBy George Wharton JamesWith a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour . s, and he is after business pure and ar
Arizona, the wonderland; the history of its ancient cliff and cave dwellings, ruined pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Jesuit and Franciscan missions, trail makers and Indians; a survey of its climate, scenic marvels, topography, deserts, mountains, rivers and valleys; a review of its industries; an account of its influence on art, literature and science; and some reference to what it offers of delight to the automobilist, sportsman, pleasure and health seekerBy George Wharton JamesWith a map and sixty plates, of which twelve are in colour . s, and he is after business pure and art, as an art, means nothing to him, neither does itto many of the weavers of to-day. But to the real goodNavahos, the genuine artists, every trader knows he daresoffer no chart. They are not to be perverted from thereligious ideas of their ancestors, who taught them thatthe creative and artistic gift was of the gods, to beprized and used, and that only by so doing could it beretained. Hence every design is new, every new blanketmust have its original design which the active brainof its weaver creates out of suggestions gained from alife-time of careful observation of Nature. The stars,clouds, lightning, falling rain, electric phenomena,springs, rivers, waterfalls, flowing water, sunlight on thewater, ripples, cascades, flying birds, nests, trees, flowers,animals — everything is grist to the mill of the Navahoartists creative mind. Then comes the actual weaving. In and out of thewarp her active fingers carry the weft, sometimes of one. The Indians of Arizona 79 color, then again of a dozen. Her shuttle is only suchin name, for she knows nothing of a shuttle. A ballof yarn, or, if the stretch of the weave of a particularcolor is very wide, a sufficient quantity of yarn woundupon the end of a smooth stick, answers the a dozen tiny balls of yarn will hang danglingdown in front, showing the variety of colors and the in-tricacy of the pattern the weaver has concei
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