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Yes, it’s a Chief Blanket variant. It combines elements of the Third Phase Chief Blanket with what are called Moqui blankets, which have black and blue stripes and are associated with the period when many Navajos were indentured servants in Hispanic homes in northern New Mexico. The fakes or reproductions that are generally encountered originate in Mexico, Ukraine, India and Pakistan with a few forgeries made in the United States. The fake rugs from Mexico are woven on a horizontal Spanish/European style loom. The warps are attached to the loom at each end. There may be a cabled bundle of warps at each side to provide dimensional stability during weaving but there will be no side cords as in a genuine Navajo rug. When the rug is finished, it is detached from the loom and will now have the warp ends dangling from each end. To fake a Navajo rug it is now necessary to darn the ends back into the body of the rug. While doing this, a non functional set of end cords is applied. Side cords might also be attached in order to complete the fake.

At the turn of the 20th century, there was growing interest in the rest of the world for all things Native American. Tourists from the rest of America, and beyond, would come to the Southwest in search of authentic souvenirs. The exotic designs caught on and remain popular to this day. Over the course of the 20th century, various types of designs sprang up, providing added variety to Navajo rugs, which became widely admired. Rugs made in the Navajo style are named for what region they originate from, or what influenced them. The following are the Navajo rug designs you will come across: These rugs do not have a border on them. They feature horizontal bands and are made using natural vegetable dyes. The stripes also usually include added design elements, including arrows, stars, triangles, and diamonds.

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Navajo rugs don't have ridges at their ends. Sometimes, someone trying to pass a rug off to Navajo, or to make it look more Navajo, will run the warps back into a rug to remove the fringe. However, this can create ridges at the ends. You can see the doubled-up warps if you separate the weft yarns. This is what I will do next time I see it. This is a common feature in Ye'i rug reproductions made in Mexico.

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A watershed in Navajo weaving came in the 1860s with the incarceration of about 8000 men, women and children at Bosque Redondo reservation in eastern New Mexico. In an effort to subdue and “domesticate” the Indians, the US Army slaughtered the Navajo’s sheep and destroyed their crops and homes. The government allowed weaving to continue during the internment by replacing the Navajo’s home-grown wool with factory-made yarns from Europe and the eastern United States.

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The Pueblo tribe is believed by the Navajo to have introduced weaving, or at minimum a new method of weaving using a vertical loom. They were able to weave long, sturdy, smooth fibers and rugs thanks to their new loom. Pendleton Blankets is synonymous with Native Americans. It is the most widely recognized name in American Indian Trade blankets. These blankets of wool in many different colors and patterns were created for tribes all over the West.To make the Navajo Rug Quilted Wallhanging Pattern: Cut six 4 X20 inch strips and four 4 x4-inch squares from dark brown. All patterns can be downloaded.It is just one aspect of the amazing Navajo weaving that we can appreciate the value of a chief blanket.

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Burntwater, another center of vegetal dye weaving near Wide Ruins, has given its name to a distinctive rug type which combines the bordered, central geometric designs of modern Ganado and Two Grey Hills rugs with bright pastel, vegetal colors. Weavings that incorporate images of objects and people in their designs have slowly gained in popularity since the early days of rug-making. Such Pictorial Rugs may include small representational images within a larger geometric design, or may consist primarily-even solely-of a picture. Small pictorial motifs such as feathers, arrows, animals and other common objects may have held some personal significance for the individual weaver.

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