VINTAGE Hand Woven Navajo Chinle Wool Rug 2.25 Feet by 2.8 Feet Ca 1950

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VINTAGE Hand Woven Navajo Chinle Wool Rug 2.25 Feet by 2.8 Feet Ca 1950
VINTAGE Hand Woven Navajo Chinle Wool Rug 2.25 Feet by 2.8 Feet Ca 1950
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I buy and sell Native American Artifacts as a hobby both on and off the reservation and it's been an honor to have learned as much as I have and meet members of the Indian Nations that live near me.
For an old rug of this Quality & Size this IS one of the best Buys on Ebay or anywhere Today....
These Rugs Are an Excellent Investment and do Appreciate in Value.
This Vintage was recently acquired in a trade and is a nice size for a wall display, if you don't have much room!
Vintage Navajo Chinle Wool Rug
This Vintage Navajo Chinle Wool Rug was taken in trade recently and features the classic, banded pattern with squash blossom stars.
Woven in a restrained palette of colors, this traditional textile by an unknown weaver used natural and dyed yarns.
Handwoven with about 38 wefts to the inch, it's 27" by 33-1/2".
Circa 1950's, it's in very good, used condition.
This Vintage Navajo Chinle Wool Rug is exceptional, Native American art for your home or office!
We recently purchased a large collection of vintage and unused Native American artifacts including jewelry, rugs and pottery. It was part of the estate of a Navajo woman who was a missionary that worked with Native Americans in Four Corners - the area of the American southwest where four states meet- New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado. As a single parent, she raised 5 daughters and a son while also providing food, shelter, and clothing to less fortunate people that needed assistance. Often she was thanked for her help by gifts of Native American items.
Before the turn of the century, the Navajo switched from making traditional Native American blankets to weaving thick, brilliantly colored rugs with hand-spun wool. This dramatic shift featured “eye dazzling” geometric shapes and color palettes never before seen in such a medium, giving birth to what is now known as the Eye Dazzler rug.
Spirit Influences Freedom
Though not always considered the epicenter of the Navajo culture, Eye Dazzlers offer weavers the chance to express their individual artistry, freedom and ceremonial musings. Thus inspire those who purchase them to be influenced by the weavers infusion of spirit into their designs, creating a common bond with the artist and collector.
Bold, Complex Designs
Believe it or not, there is no word for “art” or “sacred” in the Navajo language (most likely because everything natural is artful and sacred to them), and yet, both words accurately describe both the form and function of the Eye Dazzler. In years’ past, the bright, tightly-woven yarns and intricate designs may have been predicated on the aesthetic preferences of traders; however, the Eye Dazzler of today embodies the early classic period so well that their intricate designs have been auctioned off for up to ,000!
The Navajo people are the descendants of hunter-gatherers who traveled southwards from Alaska and Northern Canada until they reached the area of the United States inhabited by the sedentary Pueblo Indians. According to legend, “Spider Man, one of the Navajo Holy People, taught the Navajos how to make a loom from sunshine, lightning and rain. Spider Woman taught them how to weave.” Thus, the loom and its trappings were constructed from the natural elements and the four compass points. Spirits are said to inhabit the sword and comb used in beating down the weft and there are taboos about what the weaver can and cannot do whilst handling these. As they weave, women chant particular ‘mantras’ from religious ceremonies to accompany them as they work.
In practice however, the Navajo probably began to weave sometime in the seventeenth century. They were taught and influenced by the Pueblo, who had a long tradition of weaving cotton clothing. The Navajo switched from weaving cotton to wool in about 1700 when sheep were introduced by the Spanish. Their high quality striped blankets were prized items and were worn by chiefs from other tribes. From 1863-68 the Navajo peoples were imprisoned by the Spanish at Bosque Redondo; separated from their sheep and sources of natural dyes, they were forced to rely on machine-spun yarns and commercial dyes.. Upon their release, reservation trading posts were set up under government supervision, mostly by men who had become interested in the commercial possibilities of Navajo work they had seen at Bosque Redondo and who were often responsible for introducing new and imported patterns.
Navajo Weaving Terminology
A basic familiarity with Terminology of Navajo weaving also is essential to the savvy collector as it is the only reliable way to authenticate Navajo rugs.
Navajo Rug designs differ on the Reservation according to the region and clan who weave them. Each rug is woven to include one small flaw in the final product in order that any evil spirits residing in the rug may have a way of escape.
Navajo Rugs woven by the grandmothers of the clan are held in great esteem and are in HIGH demand by the many tourists and collectors who buy each year.
Every month or so I visit the trading posts on the Navajo Reservation and talk to the traders and weavers there and get great information and advice from them.
Also I am going to offer you my advice from my personal experiences,
Become educated, by reading books, magazines, web sites, and other publications about Navajo rugs, and by speaking to knowledgeable rug dealers and traders.
The more you know about Navajo weaving, the more you will enjoy collecting them.
Warp
Warp strings are the vertical strings which serve as the foundation of the rug. Wool yarn  is  prefered because cotton warp strings may not tolerate rough use as a floor covering.
Weft (or Weave)
Weft threads are the horizontal threads that cover the warp threads, or the yarn that is woven over and under the warp and from side to side.
Wefts per inch are counted on both faces of a fabric. When the wefts are counted on one side, this number is doubled, as there is a corresponding weft on the other side. It can vary at different parts of the rug. The better the weaver the more consistent this will be throughout the rug.
Most Navajo rugs have approximately 30 wefts to the linear inch. A weft count of 50 or more per inch is a very high quality rug. A count of 80 or more qualifies a rug as a tapestry.
Selvage cords
Two or more yarns that twist about each other while interlacing with and reinforcing a fabric's edge. In Navajo textiles, two 3-ply selvage cords are usually twined together, forming a 2-strand edge. In Pueblo fabrics, three 2-ply cords usually form a 3-strand, twined selvage. There are also other variations.
Lazy line
A subtle diagonal break in the weave of many Navajo fabrics where a weaver has worked on adjacent sections of warps at different times; usually spaced apart no more than the length of the batten, lazy lines allow a weaver to weave a wide fabric without having to reach from side to side with each pass of the weft.
Weaver's Pathway (Sprit Line)
A small thin line that extends from the center design field across the border to the outside edge of some rugs; the line is frequently placed near a corner and made of the same color as the center field's background. Also called the spirit line. Associated with the belief of allowing the energy and spirit woven into a particular textile to be released in order for the weaver to have the energy and imagination to continue weaving other textiles.
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