Video
Florence Riggs, Navajo Textile Weaver, Interview
Description
Florence Riggs discusses how she incorporates traditional Diné concepts and practices in her work. At the age of 18, a year after graduating from Tuba City High School, Florence decided she wanted to learn weaving and asked her mother to teach her. She began to weave pictorials when she was 20, and later became a full-time weaver. She weaves about 10 hours a day and her pieces are on the loom for one to three months, depending on their size.
Duration
28 minutes, 49 seconds
Credit
Grace Lilly, Florence Riggs
Date Created
04/01/2021
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