Spider Woman's Gift: Nineteenth-Century Diné Textiles: Nineteenth-Century Diné Textiles
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Spider Woman's Gift: Nineteenth-Century Diné Textiles: Nineteenth-Century Diné Textiles
At Canyon de Chelly, in the heart of the Navajo Nation, stands an eight-hundred-foot sandstone rock formation known as Spider Rock. According to Diné oral history, this sacred place is where Spider Woman makes her home. For centuries, her gift of weaving has provided the Diné with a constant means of sustenance.
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