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Conservation Spotlight | Apatosaurus “Wiren” Femur How does the Moab Museum preserve paleontology specimens entrusted to our care? This summer, the Museum staff partnered with Utah Friends of Paleontology (UFOP) to perform object conservation treatments on the Wiren Femur currently on exhibit in the Museum’s North Gallery. UFOP is a statewide non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to preserving…
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“The People’s Tapestry: Weaving Tradition in Navajo Culture” is now on display at the Moab Museum, featuring a variety of styles of Navajo textiles, including the Tree of Life. In this column throughout the summer, the Museum team will feature a variety of weaving styles and their associated backgrounds and stories. This exhibition is a…
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“The People’s Tapestry: Weaving Tradition in Navajo Culture” is now on display at the Moab Museum, featuring a variety of styles of Navajo textiles, including the Germantown Blanket. In this column throughout the summer, the Museum team will feature a variety of weaving styles and their associated backgrounds and stories. This exhibition is a celebration…
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Compiled by Stephan P. Zacharias of Moab Museum On November 3, 1911 the headline of the Grand Valley Times proclaimed: “P. CROUT KILLED BY ACCIDENT” The following story reported that he died alone on the road to Moab about 3 miles north of the ferry crossing as he was returning to town from a business trip to…
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Teec Nos Pos, “Circle” or “Ring of the Cottonwoods,” named after an important location to The People, rose to prominence in 1905. This weaving style draws upon Persian rugs with intricate and busy patterns, and bright colors such as greens, blues, oranges, and reds. Often these textiles are woven with commercial yarns and were brought…
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“The People’s Tapestry: Weaving Tradition in Navajo Culture” is now on display at the Moab Museum, featuring a variety of styles of Navajo textiles, including the Chief Blanket. In this column throughout the summer, the Museum team will feature a variety of weaving styles and their associated backgrounds and stories. This exhibition is a celebration…
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The Ganado Red style of weaving is likely the best known of all Navajo rugs, inspired by Juan Lorenzo Hubbell (founder of the Hubbell Trading Post in 1878 and National Historic Site in Ganado, Arizona). Hubbell was one of the most well-known and respected traders among the Navajo people of his time. Hubbell disliked chemical…
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Throughout the spring and summer, the Moab Museum hosted two recent graduates of Grand County High School: Kierra Kirks and Brecken Beck, as interns through Science Moab’s School to Science Program and the Department of Workforce Services, respectively. Kierra’s interests in geology and science communication gave her exposure to several facets of the Museum throughout her School to Science internship this spring.…
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The traditional Storm design which appears on many Navajo rugs originated near Tuba City and Kayenta, Arizona between 1903-1911 and is highly symbolic, though representative details about its origin are unclear due to variations in familial, regional, and personal interpretations. The Storm pattern is associated with the seasonal rainstorms that bring about success during the…
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“The People’s Tapestry: Weaving Tradition in Navajo Culture” is now on display at the Moab Museum, featuring a variety of styles of Navajo textiles, including the Yeibechai. In this column throughout the summer, the Museum team will feature a variety of weaving styles and their associated backgrounds and stories. This exhibition is a celebration of…
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