The museum of northern arizona shop offers a wide range of authentic native american artwork and jewelry books apparel and accessories southwestern art.
Museum navajo rug mistake.
Navajo rugs can be a tricky area because the fakes can be so good.
In the early 1900s traders encouraged weavers to create regional designs with distinctive patterns and colors including using commercially dyed wool and other materials.
While you might have no problem displaying navajo rugs that are newer and less valuable on the floor more rare and valuable textiles would usually be displayed on the wall though i do know of.
Usually one has to look very close to find.
However it is not uncommon to find sellers who use the term.
An entire culture might be woven into a single textile but to the non navajo the rug is silent said deborah brinckerhoff curator of the show and the museum s collection manager.
Two grey hills woven by ron garnanez artist photo from museum of new mexico.
A navajo rug with a black dotted spirit line woven into the fabric.
Navajo rugs are highly sought after hand woven textiles that can command a high price.
Some tell of the traditional navajo relationship with mother earth.
Together the threads in a navajo rug communicate more than function warmth or beauty.
How to identify an authentic navajo rug.
As i explained last week displaying navajo rugs on the floor versus the wall depends a lot on the thickness and condition of the rug in question.
Here are a few helpful tricks to spot to fakes and to know yours is authentic.
Some events that include navajo rug sales are the arts and crafts show and sale held by the museum of northern arizona in flagstaff in july the inter tribal ceremonial in gallup in august the.
The navajos also believe that only god is perfect and that humans cannot achieve the same perfect level.
American museum of natural history.