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Navajo Rug & Blanket Weavers

Navajo Rug & Blanket Weavers

Native American blankets especially Navajo blankets have an important part in American Indian culture. Wool blankets have been used as saddle blankets for generations and the heavier more course handwoven wool blankets have been saught after for use as wool rugs and runners.

Navajo weavers who perfected the art of weaving kept their families warm and clothed with their weavings until the days of the trading post on the American frontier. It was at that time that Indian weavings gave way to machine made blankets because of their warmth and availability. The following pages offer a unique look at the work of the Navajo waevers in the late 1800's.




Navajo Weavers page 1 - The Art of Navajo Weaving
Navajo Weavers page 1 - The Art of Navajo Weaving

The art of weaving, as it exists among the Navajo Indians of New Mexico and Arizona, possesses points of great interest to the student of ethnography. It is of aboriginal origin...

Navajo Weavers page 2 - The Blanket / Rug Loom
Navajo Weavers page 2 - The Blanket / Rug Loom

The ordinary blanket looms. Two posts are set firmly in the ground; to these are lashed two cross-pieces or braces, the whole forming the frame of the loom. Sometimes two slender trees, growing at a convenient distance from one another...

Navajo Weavers page 3 - Woven Rugs & Blankets
Navajo Weavers page 3 - Woven Rugs & Blankets

In making a blanket the operator sits on the ground with her legs folded under her. The warp hangs vertically before her, and (excepting in a case to be mentioned) she weaves from below upwards. As she never rises from this squatting posture when at work...

Navajo Weavers page 4 - Traditional Diagonal Rug Patterns
Navajo Weavers page 4 - Traditional Diagonal Rug Patterns

Navajo blankets and rugs are single-ply, with designs the same on both sides, no matter how elaborate these designs may be. To produce their varigated patterns they have a separate skein, shuttle, or thread for each component...

Navajo Weavers page 5- Traditional Blanket & Rug Designs
Navajo Weavers page 5- Traditional Blanket & Rug Designs

Navajo blankets, saddle blankets and rugs represent a wide range in quality and finish and an endless variety in design, notwithstanding that all their figures consist of straight lines and angles, no curves being used...

Navajo Weavers page 6 - Differences of the Navajo and Zuni
Navajo Weavers page 6 - Differences of the Navajo and Zuni

The Zuñi women weave all their long, narrow webs according to the same system; but the Indians of the Pueblo of Cochiti make the narrow garters and hair-bands after the manner of the Zuñis, and the broad belts after the manner of the Navajos...

Yei Dancers Tapestry Rug 30"x40"
Yei Dancers Tapestry Rug 30"x40"

Exceptional high quality Southwest hand woven tapestry or floor rug. Features Navajo dancers.

Hand Woven Indian Style Rug -20x40 Navajo Yei
Hand Woven Indian Style Rug -20x40 Navajo Yei

Exceptional Southwest hand woven wool tapestry rug for rustic decor.

Wool Navajo Style Tapestry -27x44 Yei Dancer
Wool Navajo Style Tapestry -27x44 Yei Dancer

Exceptional Southwest hand woven wool wall tapestry or floor rug. Features Navajo Yei dancer.

Southwest Wool Floor Rug /Tapestry -Bluebird Dancers 32x64
Southwest Wool Floor Rug /Tapestry -Bluebird Dancers 32x64

Southwest hand woven wool Floor Rug or wall hanging tapestry with Native American bluebird dancers.

Southwest Table-Floor Rug Wool 20x40  (40205)
Southwest Table-Floor Rug Wool 20x40 (40205)

Southwest hand woven wool floor rug. Features an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. 100% wool. Measures 20"x40"

Southwestern Table or Area Rug Wool 20x40  (40373)
Southwestern Table or Area Rug Wool 20x40 (40373)

Southwest hand woven wool floor rug. Features an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. 100% wool. Measures 20"x40"

Southwest Wool Table Runner - Rug 20x40  (40320a)
Southwest Wool Table Runner - Rug 20x40 (40320a)

Southwest hand woven wool floor rug. Features an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. 100% wool. Measures 20"x40"

Southwest Woven Table Centerpiece Rug 20x40
Southwest Woven Table Centerpiece Rug 20x40

Southwest hand woven wool floor rug. Features an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. 100% wool. Measures 20"x40"

Western Woven Wool Rug-Tapestry 20x40  (40437)
Western Woven Wool Rug-Tapestry 20x40 (40437)

Southwest hand woven wool floor rug. Features an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. 100% wool. Measures 20"x40"

Southwest Hand Woven Wool Rug - Wall Hanging 20"x40"  (40110a)
Southwest Hand Woven Wool Rug - Wall Hanging 20"x40" (40110a)

Hand woven wool rug featuring an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. Measures 20"x40" 100% wool

Western Hand Woven Wool Area-Table Rug 20"x40"  (40331)
Western Hand Woven Wool Area-Table Rug 20"x40" (40331)

Hand woven wool rug featuring an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. 20"x40" 100% wool

Southwest Wool Area Rug-Table-Tapestry 20x40  (40406)
Southwest Wool Area Rug-Table-Tapestry 20x40 (40406)

Southwest hand woven wool floor rug. Features an outstanding southwest design in classic red and blue. This western design is great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. 100% wool. Measures 20"x40"

Southwest Hand Woven Wool Rug 32"x64"  (64110a)
Southwest Hand Woven Wool Rug 32"x64" (64110a)

Hand woven wool rug featuring an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. Measures 32"x64" 100% wool

Western Saddle Blanket Wool Rug  32"x64"  (64331)
Western Saddle Blanket Wool Rug 32"x64" (64331)

Hand woven wool saddle blanket rug featuring an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. Measures 32"x64" 100% wool

Southwestern Hand Woven Wool Rug 32"x64" (64398)
Southwestern Hand Woven Wool Rug 32"x64" (64398)

Hand woven wool rug featuring an outstanding southwest or western design in orange and blue, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. Measures 32"x64"

Wool Southwest Floor Rug 32x64  (64373)
Wool Southwest Floor Rug 32x64 (64373)

Hand woven wool Floor Runner featuring an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. Measures 32"x64"

Wool Western Floor Rug 32x64
Wool Western Floor Rug 32x64

Hand woven wool Floor Runner featuring an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. Measures 32"x64"

Wool Southwestern Floor Rug 32x64  (64128-3)
Wool Southwestern Floor Rug 32x64 (64128-3)

Hand woven wool Floor Runner featuring an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. Measures 32"x64"

Western Wool Rug 32x64
Western Wool Rug 32x64

Southwest hand woven wool floor rug. Features an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. 90% wool 10% polyester. Measures 32x64

Southwest Wool Floor Runner Rug 30x96  (8417)
Southwest Wool Floor Runner Rug 30x96 (8417)

Hand woven wool Floor Runner featuring an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. Measures 30"x96"

Western Wool Floor Runner Rug 30x96 (96112)
Western Wool Floor Runner Rug 30x96 (96112)

Hand woven wool Floor Runner featuring an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. 100% wool 30"x96"

Southwestern Wool Floor Runner Rug 30x96  (96128-3)
Southwestern Wool Floor Runner Rug 30x96 (96128-3)

Hand woven wool Floor Runner featuring an outstanding southwest or western design, great for cabin, lodge or log home comfort or for that special rustic cowboy,Indian or bunkhouse look. Measures 30"x96"

Zapotec Indian Wool Rug 30"x60"   (1)
Zapotec Indian Wool Rug 30"x60" (1)

Southwest style wool wall hanging or floor rug. Hand Woven by the famous Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca. This is a One-Of-A-Kind. 30"x60"

Zapotec Indian Wool Area Rug 30x60  (ZR2)
Zapotec Indian Wool Area Rug 30x60 (ZR2)

Southwest style wool wall hanging or floor rug. Hand Woven by the famous Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca.


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