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Navajo Blankets

Prior to 1900, the Navajo did not weave rugs; they wove Navajo blankets exclusively. The shift from Navajo blankets to rugs was brought on because the market for Navajo blankets was disappearing. Merchants running the trading posts began to realized that there could be a much greater market for Navajo textiles made as rugs rather than blankets. Soon, they began to encourage the Navajo to weave their designs into slightly larger and heavier rugs. Within a few short years the Navajo rug became the popular weaver's art form that is produced today for wall hangings and floor coverings.

Today, when we think of the Native American Indian art forms, the exquisitely woven blankets of the Navajo Indians have no equal. These older Navajo wool blankets are now recognized as truly rare. Navajo blankets are one of the most renowned of all forms of Native American art. A genuine high quality Navajo blanket is considered by most owners as an heirloom investment, and most will certainly increase in value.

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