Navajos Making Rugs
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A Navajo woman weaving a rug at a vertical loom while another woman spins wool.
Navajos originally learned weaving from the Pueblo Indians. After the arrival of the Spaniards with their Churro sheep, wool was the main weaving material. The railroads had a major impact on trade and traders encouraged Navajo women to make their weaving more marketable to the Eastern markets. Women began to weave rugs instead of blankets that complimented Victorian drawing rooms in the East. Navajo women continued to express their ingenuity by using the same basic design elements in new patterns, such as all-over or zoned geometric patterns with or without subtly striped backgrounds achieved by using two dark colors. Blankets and rugs made by the Navajo and thought to be some of the most colorful and best-made textiles produced by North American Indians.
https://navajopeople.org/navajo-rugs.htm
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