Navajo Rug Weaving History
A quick look at a few books that deal with period chronology will show a vast disagreement concerning these time periods.
Navajo rug weaving history. The value of a navajo rug will depend on a few factors such as how large it is how old it is how tight the weaving is the style what dyes were used and what condition it is in. With a new life as a sedentary and agricultural people the tribe began to practice. Towards an understanding of navajo aesthetics kathy m closkey. Navajo weaving blankets and rugs made by the navajo and thought to be some of the most colourful and best made textiles produced by north american indians.
Navajo weaving is a transformation of what mother nature offers to us to give life the navajo have used this gift to live off of the land and prosper for hundreds of years. Produced by tad nichols. This is a short film about navajo r. Today you ll find that nizhoni ranch gallery weavers offers navajo weavings with landscapes sacred imagery and unique designs with bold use of color.
A heavier type of weaving would be required to produce these rugs and the navajos started developing new designs for the trade. A brief history of navajo blankets rugs. The listing below is my view of each important period of navajo weaving in an attempt to place the development of the navajo rug or blanket into the context of navajo history and that of the united states. A good illustrated history with comments from navajo weavers and museum curators.
For generations the navajo have chosen specific patterns pictures shapes and designs to tell stories share history and create memories using innovative pictorial rug weaving practices. Whether the rug you buy at nizhoni ranch gallery costs 400 dollars 4 000 dollars or 40 000 dollars always remember that you are buying genuine authentic quality navajo rug weaving in each one of these price ranges. In the 16th century when the spanish arrived and subsequently conquered the peaceful pueblo indian cultures of what is now new mexico and the american southwest the navajo or dine peoples which then lived north of the pueblos were seldom if ever seen by the spanish and known mostly through the pueblo indian stories and encounters often stories of. History of the navajo rug by navajo rug repair co.
Click to shop historic antique navajo rugs and blankets. 19th century blankets 20th century rugsf 21st century views. These are not merely navajo rugs. Navajo weaving at the arizona state museum.
Rug weaving period of navajo weaving history 1890 1920 buyers and tourists in the area began to demand navajo blankets which could be used on the floor as rugs. I do not own the rights to this video i simply found it on facebook and shared it with youtube.