Show Parks Park's Parks Park's Navajo Craftsmen Draw Tourists Mrs Tom Slowman weaves a Tes Pas rug while her friend Alice Joe spins yarn yam on 01 a primi- primi dle dIe Jemas C. C Joe is the silver smith These craftsmen from the Shiprock region of the Navajo reservation work at the entrance to Spruce Tree lodge headquarters in Mesa Verde National Park This demonstration of Navajo Nav Nay ajo rug weaving and silversmith silversmith- Ing was planned as a special feature fea ture of Colorados Colorado's 1959 Rush to the festival It la is sponsored sponsored sponsored spon spon- Jointly by the National Park Service and the Mesa Verde Company for tor Mesa Verde National Park Navajo rug weaving is done on the traditional primitive vertical type loom which descended from prehistoric time It is entirely a native craft sheep raised on reservation shearing washing dyeing spinning weaving to completed rug Navajo has reached a high degree of crafts crafts- craftsmanship craftsmanship manship and art during the past hundred years since natives first learned the rudiments of the tha craft from Mexican silversmiths Crude bracelets necklaces and belts of the have developed develop develop- ed into the many beautiful tur tur- studded forms that wesee we wesee wesee see today The Mesa Verde silversmith all sil produces silver and turquoise tur tur- Jewelry for tor nearby Mesa Verde Gift Shop I ry asas rr te is a a i 1 f A L F T J a Je |