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The Navajo Weave

Serape, about 1866 Navajo Wool; tapestry 183 cm. x 133 cm. Gift of Mrs. Harold D. Walker and Miss Eleonor W. Brooks, in memory of their mother, Mrs. N. B. K. Brooks 52.1369

Adelaide Ludlam Waters traveled from Philadelphia to Fort Wingate, Arizona Territory, in 1866 to marry. When she returned to Pennsylvania in the 1870s, she brought back this serape-made to be worn wrapped around the shoulders.

The serape must have been woven about the same time that Adelaide lived at the Fort. This was a time of great change in the lives of the Navajo. Between 1862 and 1868 they were interned at Fort Sumner and the Bosque Redondo. As their traditional lifestyles changed, so too did their weavings.

New materials were introduced, such as yarns produced in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and new designs emerged taking advantage in the broad color palette of the Germantown yarns. The bands of crosses and chevrons are typical of this emerging new style.