Song of the Loom demonstrates how brillantly the tradition of Navajo weaving continues to flourish in our time. This full-color volume surveys a collection that includes many twentieth-century masterpieces, with a particularly strong representation of ceremonial Chant Weaves based on sacred sand paintings, including three complete Chants (fourteen designs from the Great Star Chant, five from the Red Ant Way, and four from the Coyote Way). The text explores the Navajo weaving tradition, with extensive discussion of its history, techniques, and materials, and its relation to religion. Further information is provided in brief biographies (with photographs) of many of the fifty-five weavers represented, a glossary, and a bibliography.