Louise Tsosie, Chief Blanket, Navajo Handwoven Rug, Wool, 28 ¼” x 26 ¼”

Description: Louise Tsosie, Chief Blanket, Navajo Handwoven Rug, Wool, 28 ¼” x 26 ¼” Navajo Chief's Blankets: Exceptionally tight, well woven, wide striped blankets in a dimension wider than long; used as wearing apparel and high value trade items from 1800-1885, favored by the Utes and Plains Indians. The blankets were not specifically woven for “Chiefs,” but were given that designation because they were expensive and considered a status item among Native people. Textile scholars generally concur that there were four phases in the manufacture of Navajo Chief's blankets. First Phase: 1800-1850 This was the initial period in which Navajo weavers wove natural, churro wool blankets patterned in wide cream and dark brown stripes. The border bands sometimes included pairs of narrow indigo blue stripes and the indigo stripes were occasionally bordered by narrow lines of raveled red. (Kent:1985) Second Phase: Early 1800s-1870 “Small red bars or rectangles of red were woven into the ends and centers of the blue stripes in this type of blanket, thus creating twelve spots of color.” (Kent:1985) Third Phase: 1860-1880 In this phase the Chief’s blanket is characterized by a shift from twelve red bars or rectangles to “...a nine-position layout of a central diamond, half diamonds along the four edges, and quarter diamonds in the corners.” (Blomberg:1988) The diamonds were usually terraced-edge or serrate and weavers often placed design elements within them, such as “zigzags, crosses, thin lines, stacked elements and triangles.” (Campbell:2007) Fourth Phase: 1870-1885 In this last phase the diamond motif eventually became so large that it overshadowed the background stripes. Shipping We ship every day Monday through Friday via USPS Priority Mail. Your order will ship within 48 hours Monday through Friday except holidays. Insurance is included on all orders. Returns Policy With every purchase we allow for a provisional 30 day inspection period. If for any reason you do not want to keep an item that you have purchased, simply return the item in original condition within 30 days of receipt. You will be refunded the purchase price. Return shipping not included. We are extremely reasonable, but the inspection offer is provisional--exclusively at our option. This is a service that most companies would only offer to established account customers. Each of our pieces is unique and carefully photographed. If we feel that the returned piece is in any way damaged, or different than the piece that we originally sent, we will return the item to you and no refund will be offered or made. If you are a regular customer, lets just say, we will be much more generous. Thanks for doing business with Perry Null Trading Co! Cancellation Policy If you need to cancel an order, call us immediately. We can cancel an order at no charge before it is shipped. Please make sure that you are satisfied with your order before proceeding to checkout. We cannot combine or add to any order once checkout has been completed.

Price: 760 USD

Location: Gallup, New Mexico

End Time: 2023-10-29T17:05:13.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD