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They had a deep understanding of beautiful and eye-catching design. Some of them even included their personal touch in the design. Sometimes, the symbol that adds the personal touch to a project is a symbol. You'll find lightning bolts (or sunrays), crosses, triangles, or other designs. Each one of these has a meaning. The meaning tells us about the thoughts and intentions of the weaver when they began weaving the rug. It is the unique thing that makes these rugs special. Navajo rugs are therefore very expensive. The Navajo rugs have a high price due to their excellent craftsmanship, history, weaving technique, materials, as well as other methods.

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Taking care of your Navajo rug will ensure that it can maintain its vibrant colors and stay in great shape for a long time. Here are some tips for caring for your rug. There are special cleaners for wool rugs that you can use to get rid of minor stains. When you follow these guidelines, you should have no little to no issues keeping your rug pristine. Navajo rugs are unique and beautiful high-quality rugs with a rich history. It's no wonder that they have become so popular within the past century. You can now enjoy the beauty of a Navajo as well, by buying one, as mentioned earlier. These rugs are ideal for decorating your home and bringing some authentic Navajo culture into your life.

After shearing the sheep, the wool is cleaned, carded, and spun by hand. Even today, Navajo weavers do not use spinning wheels; the wool is stretched and twisted onto a spindle by hand. Then the blanket is woven on the unique Navajo loom. Making an authentic Navajo rug is a labor-intensive process for the weaver. In addition to raising the sheep (which many of the weavers still do), the wool must be shorn, cleaned, carded, spun, and sometimes, dyed. Weaving a large rug can take a year or more. One thing to keep in mind is that, aside from the actual hands-on time needed to weave a Navajo rug, it often can take a weaver years to become proficient at weaving in the first place. Girls, and sometimes boys, usually start learning as children and progress in difficulty as they learn.

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This blanket, also known as a serape or a blanket, was made during the tribe’s 1865 internment in eastern New Mexico. The piece, which is woven in rich reds and has a bordered design, is as striking for its color as it is for its border. Red was a rare color, particularly for Native Americans. They used to tear apart machine-made rugs and re-weave the thread in their own designs. This design is rare and shows how the outside world is increasingly influencing Navajo culture and art. The blanket's four corners have partial borders. The popularity of bordered textiles was a result of the intricate designs on exotic Oriental rugs. The use of these borders suggests that the weavers may have seen them in photographs and copied their style. However, borders were not compatible with Native Americans' inherit nature of design.

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The average cost of these textiles ranges from $40 to $50 at the time of publication. Germantown rugs are the only authentic Navajo rugs to have fringe. These antique rugs feature fringe that was added later on in the weaving process. Navajo rugs almost always use wool threads. This material is more coarse than linen and cotton, but it's still very durable. False rugs are often identified by ridges and fringe along the rug's edges. Edge ridges can be caused by warp threads being cut and reinserted into the rug. You might have noticed a wide range of prices when shopping for rugs. Some are quite affordable while others go over and above the average.

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Weavers also found that the market for their blankets was changing rapidly. The trading post system and its ties to the railroad brought relatively cheap manufactured clothing and supplies to the Navajo and surrounding tribes. Anglo-style coats and dresses were replacing wearing blankets as the clothing of choice among Native peoples. During the last two decades of the 19th century, most Navajo blankets were woven of spongy, loosely spun yarns most frequently dyed with aniline reds, oranges and yellows. Banded Blankets made with simple stripes of contrasting color were descendents of the earliest Navajo weavings.

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