Traditional Navajo Rug Dress

Sep 29 2014 rachel lee bowman my eldest daughter.
Traditional navajo rug dress. She is holding a navajo wedding baske. Each rug panel could take anywhere from 2 weeks to several months to complete depending on size and design. The designs are from central diamond and four sacred mountain introduced from traders at the turn of the century. This dress consisted of 2 rug panels made of navajo churro wool and expertly woven by navajo master weavers then stitched together to form a rug dress with openings available for the head and arms.
It s two panels. The first loom was said to be of sky and earth cords with tools of sunlight lightning white shell and crystal. Young navajo women who are graduating frequently favor. Each one of these rugs have been handmade and weaved with articulation in mind.
Burntwater navajo rugs our burntwater navajo rugs were developed by bruce burhnam and don jacobs. He s a contemporary weaver who used beautiful natural and dyed yarns to really make this pattern pop. She is wearing a navajo rug dress with a concho belt that her grandfather eddie chee yazzie hand made. 1 000 00 msrp 600 00 wholesale price.
Her indian name is rainbow she has been a great blessing to me. The poised young lady sitting with jane said that she felt like a fashion model wearing it. Navajo classic wool rug dress this gorgeous navajo classic wool rug dress was woven by justin ben. Navajo rugs a navajo legend credits a deity named spider woman with teaching them weaving.
Completing the outfit are a squash blossom necklace a concho belt and traditional moccasins with deerskin leggings. Navajo classic wool rug dress traditional biil by justin ben 0027. A look at the historic and contemporary usage of the navajo biil or rug dress. Her necklace is one that belonged to her grandmother bessie j.
It was actually a lucky coincidence with competition and trends shaping the market that drove the navajo into the business of home decoration. But the navajo didn t always make rugs traditionally they produced blankets for wearing. Moore who owned the trading post at crystal new mexico from 1897 1911 was another visionary trader who exercised enormous influence over early navajo rug design. Burntwater rugs are known for their pastel colors and native vegetal dyes.
The ganado and klagetoh style rugs continue to be made to this day and are among the most popular of all navajo rug designs.