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How to make a navajo rug dress.
It s not a rug.
This navajo rug known as a two grey hills design and dating from around 1960 is one of a collection of nine rugs assembled in california between 1956 and 1967.
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With the greater arrival of white settlers first after the opening of the santa fe trail in 1822 and then the arrival of the railroad which brought in cheaper synthetic dyes in the 1880 s the designs became decidedly more colorful.
The patterns for these dresses are created by me i make these dresses for all occasions such as.
I was inspired to make my first biil a traditional navajo dress when i seen a picture of chief manuleitos wife juanita wearing a biil she was wearing a biil with one woven off the shoulder.
The first examples of existing navajo blankets and rugs often featured straight lines or occasionally diamond or terrace designs.
It s a dress i told kathleen.
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Navajo textiles were originally utilitarian blankets for use as cloaks dresses saddle blankets and similar purposes.
The boarders are in diamond twill tapestry and the center will be in diagonal twill.
But the navajo didn t always make rugs traditionally they produced blankets for wearing.
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The best rugs are made with wool from churro sheep a breed raised by the navajo she explained.
Toward the end of the 19th century weavers began to make rugs for tourism and export.
The navajo people are one of the two largest federally recognized tribes in the us.
Recognised as being the finest woven of the navajo rugs this particular style was introduced at the turn of the century by an enterprising trader at the two grey hills and toadlena trading posts and is now woven in all areas of.
Tempe az frequent commenter kathleen bernett asked me for a better picture of what really does look like a pink rug in this picture click to enlarge it from sunday s post about the heard museum indian fair and market.
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It was actually a lucky coincidence with competition and trends shaping the market that drove the navajo into the business of home decoration.
As you can see in the picture above the young lady who is seated behind master weaver jane hyden is wearing what is.
Typical navajo textiles have strong geometric patterns.
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