Mary Weahkee makes a turkey feather blanket

Mary Weahkee, an archaeologist for the State of New Mexico, was commissioned by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe to re-create the ancient craft of making a blanket from thousands of turkey feathers, for an upcoming exhibit. In this video, captured over a period of many months, she demonstrates every step in the process from making yucca cordage from narrow-leaf yucca leaves, to the final weaving process. The video was recorded and edited by John Sadd for the museum. You can see many other videos of Native American art and craft demonstrations from MIAC by searching IndianArtsAndCulture on KZbin.