Video

Florence Riggs, Navajo Textile Weaver, Interview

Grand Canyon National Park

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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