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This video is Dr. J. Sublette, CEO Medicine Man Gallery. Mark Sublette will discuss how professional art dealers purchase and value authentic Navajo rugs. This video will help you decide if you want to buy your first rug or if you have been collecting for years. The Navajo Chiefs' blanket is one of the most beloved Navajo blanket styles. Native American art expert J. Mark Sublette explains the finer points of authentic Navajo Chief’s blankets. This includes their history, the phases and how to identify them through each historical phase. Navajo textile expert, Dr. J. Mark Sublette explains when to date Navajo Navajo blankets. This video will provide an overview on the characteristics of authentic Navajo blankets, as well as how to identify them.

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It is a Chief Blanket variant. It combines elements from the Third Phase Chief Blanket and what are known as Moqui blankets. These have black and white stripes and are associated to the time when many Navajos were served as indentured servants in Hispanic families in northern New Mexico. Fake or imitations are common in Mexico, India, Pakistan, and Ukraine. There are also a few forgeries that have been made in the United States. Fake rugs from Mexico are made on a horizontal Spanish/European loom. Each end of the loom has warps attached. While there may be a bundle of warps cabled at each end to give dimensional stability, there won't be side cords like in a genuine Navajo rug. The rug should be removed from the loom once it is done. It will have the warp ends hanging from each end. It is necessary to sew the ends of the rug back together in order to create a Navajo rug. A non-functional set of end cords can be applied while you do this. To complete the fake, side cords may be added.

After World War II, however, more weavers began making pictorial weavings, frequently filling a small rug with a single scene. Types that have been especially popular since the 1970s include landscape scenes which usually feature red cliffs or mountains, blue sky and clouds, juniper and pine trees, hogans, farm animals, trucks, and people. Another common format is called the “Tree of Life” pattern, consisting of a corn stalk rising from a Navajo wedding basket, with birds adorning the leaves of the cornstalk. Despite the obvious symbolism of patterns such as the “Tree of Life,” most pictorial motifs had no specific religious meaning; they simply were objects common in the culture or of special interest to the weaver.

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Juan Lorenzo Hubbell was, by most accounts, the leading trader of the early period in rug-making, and owned several trading posts around the Reservation. Hubbell’s home and base of operation were at Ganado, Arizona about 50 miles south of Canyon de Chelly. His tastes ran to Classic Period weavings and many of the early rugs made by Ganado area weavers were close enough in appearance to classic mantas and serapes to have earned the generic name, Hubbell Revival rugs. Hubbell guided his weavers by displaying paintings of rug patterns he favored. Many of these paintings can still be seen at the original trading post, now preserved and operated as a National Historic Site.

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It is a textile that was woven in south Mexico and Guatemala for tourist trade. It can be taken apart in places where the warps haven't been woven, or displayed as it is. It is authentic Navajo, and it has a variant on the Storm Pattern. Although I don't know the size, it should be in good condition and worth around $100 per square foot. This double saddle blanket is made from twill. They require a lot of skill to weave and don't get the right auction value. An auction value of $350-$600, and a retail price of $750-$800 are two examples. In 1984, I bought a Two Grey Hills rug from Toadlena Trading. I decided to spend a lot and purchased a rug from a master weaver. The original information about the weaver was lost to me when I put the rug away many years ago. Is it possible to determine the weaver of this rug from the design?

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Dr. J. Mark Sublette discusses Navajo rugs since the 1920s. It also includes history and styles of regional and trading posts such as Navajo Crystals. This article discusses the exemplary authentic Navajo Blankets which were featured at Masterpieces from the Loom in 2011, an exhibition at Medicine Man Gallery. The following are highlighted: Navajo Chief’s blankets; transitional blankets; Germantown pictorials; and early Navajo blanket types. Navajo saddle cushions are a special form of Navajo weaving. Medicine Man Gallery owner Dr. J. Mark Sublette discusses these stunning Navajo blankets which appeared in an exhibit at Medicine Man Gallery in 2009. This presentation will discuss style, form and appeal to collectors.

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Any handmade imitation Navajo rug made in the United States would probably be woven with the firm intentions of deceiving the buyer. There would hardly be any other reason for a American non-Indian to put in the time and effort required to weave a convincing fake. Because of the economics and the work required, there are very few US made fake Navajo rugs.

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