Explore: Navajo Blankets

dyes. Originally, Navajo blankets were used in a wide variety of garments, including (but not limited to) dresses, saddle blankets, serapes, night covers

The Navajo Nation (Navajo: Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is an Indian reservation of Navajo people in the United States. It occupies

upright loom, the Navajos made extremely fine utilitarian blankets that were collected by Ute and Plains Indians. These Chief's Blankets, so called because

they produced including wool and woven blankets and carpets. The trading post became the vehicle both for the Navajo obtaining the goods they needed and

Ikebana series, and the Floats series. 1975: Navajo Blanket Series, in which patterns of Navajo blankets were painted onto glass 1977: Northwest Coast

March 2012. Sublette, Mark. "A History of Navajo Rugs and Navajo Blankets ." Navajo Textiles. Retrieved 20 March 2012. "Hopi Wedding Manta."[usurped]

art collection was sold at Skinner for $2,471,725. His collection of Navajo blankets was sold by Sotheby's on May 21, 2013, yielding $978,506 (£642,064)

western end of the Narbona Pass, where he developed the manufacture of Navajo blankets for sale in the United States. John Bradford Moore was of Irish origin

Spider Grandmother (Hopi Kokyangwuti, Navajo Na'ashjé'ii Asdzáá) is an important figure in the mythology, oral traditions and folklore of many Native American

they had acquired in raids for the prestigious Navajo blankets while maintaining peace with the Navajo. Typically hunter-gatherers, the Tonto Apache hunted