Spanish - american blanketry: its relationship to aboriginal weaving in the southwest.
- Santa Fe, New México - MX School of American Research 1987
- 80 p. ilus.
Contiene: In this book, Mera's essay and the twenty-four superb blankets he chose as illustrations at last achieve the publication they so long deserved. The book describes the origins and history of the distinctive textiles woven by Spanish-Americans in New Mexico, examining the links between styles of blankets and the historical events that influenced their design and construction. Mera also clarifies the relationship between Pueblo, Navajo, and Hispanic weaving a relationship that still puzzles many people today. Spanish-American Blanketry is important because there is no other book on the subject written expressly for the general public. More exhaustive, scholarly books are available, but Mera wrote his to meet the needs of an inquiring public interested in knowing more about Rio Grande Spanish Arts, and it still holds appeal for such an audience. It is equally important as the foundation of much scholarship that came after, for Mera was a pioneer in studying Hispanic textiles in New Mexico. Few of his findings have been proved wrong by later researchers, and modern scholars as well as the general public will find his work valuable.