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Tuesday Trivia: Navajo Clothing

March 24, 2015March 16, 2020 / Gifford MacShane / 3 Comments

In the mid 1860s, Navajo traditional clothing gave way to velveteen. The women began to wear velveteen dresses (or skirts and blouses) in lieu of deerhide or woven dresses called “blanket dresses”, which were fashioned by connecting two woven panels at the shoulders and lacing up the sides.   The men replaced deerhide or woven … Continue reading Tuesday Trivia: Navajo Clothing

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