The development of Navajo weaving has had an attractive power for several generations and is probably the most thoroughly discussed of any Native American art form.  The more that has been written about Navajo weaving the more accessible and exciting it has become, until presently it enjoys a place of unparalleled prestige as one of the pinnacles of Native American art.  It is not, however, merely through essays about Navajo weaving that its reputation has been secured, but through series of magnificent exhibitions of which the most splendid in recent years have centered around the Anthony Berlant collection. Even more fundamental since the 1870’s is the dissemination of Navajo weaving from trading posts in the Southwest.