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The Navajo Indians were known for weaving clothing in early times. They then decided they could also weave blankets and other items. They started making woven rugs to sell to the Anglos.
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What is a prized rug?
Navajo
The Indians that where famous for weaving rugs?
the Navajo Indians where famous for there many kinds of rug weaving tek neeks
How do the hopi Navajo different from the hopi?
Hopis lived in Puebloes, Navajos Lived in small groups that moved with the seasons. Pueblos mastered basket weaving and pottery, Navajo mastered Rug Weaving and Silversmithing.
What is the proper adjective for Navajo?
The proper adjective form for Navajo is Navajo, as in Navajo Nation, Navajo people, Navajo history, Navajo art, etc. An example sentence: We visited the Navajo display at the museum to see the Navajo jewelry.
How does the Navajo language tie into American history?
Navajo Indians were used in WW2 to transmit messages in their language which was very effective as a code. It was never broken.
What do Navajo wear?
Clothes. Below are links to photos
What has the author S McClain written?
S. McClain has written: 'Search for the Navajo code talkers' -- subject(s): Armed Forces, Cryptography, Navajo language, Navajo code talkers, Indian Participation, World War, 1939-1945, History, Indian troops
What is a small rug called?
Scatter rug or throw rug
What has the author Marsha Weisiger written?
Marsha Weisiger has written: 'Dreaming of sheep in Navajo country' -- subject(s): History, Navajo Indians, Land tenure, Land use, Domestic animals
What is the origin of the rug?
The origin of rug means where (in the world) the rug was made
What has the author Marie-Claude Feltes-Strigler written?
Marie-Claude Feltes-Strigler has written: 'La nation navajo' -- subject(s): Economic conditions, History, Navajo Indians, Politics and government
What are Navajo rugs?
Navajo rugs are those which are woven by the Navajo people in the American Southwest. These rugs are always kelims or flatweave rugs which do not have a pile. They are woven of wool on upright looms. As the rug is completed it is rolled up at the bottom. The weaver sits on the ground in front of the loom. They are almost exclusively woven by women. Usually the patterns were never exactly repeated nor did they draw out a plan ahead of time. Often there is a single thread of a different color that goes in one place through the border to the edge. This is called the spirit line. It is so the woman will not obsesses on and repeat that design, not get mentally "trapped" in the rug. Just as speech is seen as the outer form of thought the rug is seen as the outer form of the idea in the woman who made it. One should therefor care for and respect the rug. Never put bones or dead things or lightening struck wood on it. Traditionally, they used a particular sheep wool, the Navajo Churro sheep. The oldest ones are dyed with natural plant dyes. Then they used commercial dyes and sometimes unraveled woolen goods. They never have tassel or fringe at the ends. They were usually a abstract design with four-fold (quadrilateral) symmetry. The patterns are traditionally different in different areas. The symbols and colors have and had traditional symbolic and philosophical meaning. In the 20th century some pictorial and non symmetrical patterns were developed. Sometimes the term "Navajo" is used as a generic term to refer to a geometric pattern in earthy color scheme in a flatweave rug.
