Clara Sherman

Clara Sherman in 2007

Clara Nezbah Sherman (February 18, 1914 – July 31, 2010)^[1][2] was a Navajo artist particularly known for her Navajo rugs. Born Nezbah Gould, her mother was of the Hashtłʼishnii clan, and her father was of the Naashashí Dineʼé. She was the last surviving member of ten siblings including an adopted sister. Sherman and her siblings learned to weave as children from her family, who specialized in the craft.^[3] In 2006, she was awarded the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts by the governor of New Mexico in association with the National Endowment for the Arts. She is one of the artists whose work is available at the historic Toadlena Trading Post on New Mexico Arts' Fiber Arts Trail.^[4]

References

1. ^ Reweaving culture's fabric Navajo rugs see revival via outsider June 9, 2002, Denver Post, "And Winter bought new dentures for 87-year-old Clara Sherman, one of the best living Navajo weavers."
2. ^ Clara Sherman's obituary
3. ^ http://www.sarweb.org/iarc/convocations/individuals/weaving/sherman.htm
4. ^ http://www.arts.gov/about/NEARTS/2008_v2/story.php?id=p08_newmexico

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Name	Sherman, Clara
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Date of birth	February 18, 1914
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Date of death	July 31, 2010
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