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A fire on the Navajo Nation in northeast Arizona has burned at least 1,800 acres, causing the Nation to declare a state of ...
Chief’s Blanket, Navajo Nation (1865-1870); Warp: native handspun wool, Weft: native handspun wool and raveled wool; Gift of Rex and Pat Lucke (All images courtesy of the Art Museums of Colonial ...
A disabled Antiques Roadshow fan, who was surviving on $200 a month, got - what he thought was - a "worthless" blanket valued but it was worth a whopping sum.
By 1800, the large handwoven Navajo shoulder or wearing blanket had become the most valuable trade item in an extensive intertribal network ... One item, a Navajo double saddle blanket, was appraised ...
Appraisal: Mid-19th Century Navajo Ute First Phase Blanket. In Tearjerkers, Donald Ellis appraises a mid-19th Century Navajo Ute First Phase blanket. Aired 01/21/2002 | Rating TV-G.
“The Navajo weaver often rubs a spider’s web into her hands to bless herself before beginning a weaving. A child also received the blessing of the web so that one ...
Although their name is unknown, a Navajo weaver made this wearing blanket between 1860 and 1865. The School for Advanced Research acquired it in 1931, and it’s in the collection of SAR’s ...