Prior to the Navajo's production of goods for sale, they made items for their own use. Blanket-weight weavings were used as ...

Ben Leroux spins yarn for Navajo rug repairs in his studio. "You know the history of a rug by the design and materials, the different wools and the different dyes," he says.

The designs in the four corners of the rug represent the four sacred mountains to the Navajo people — Blanca Peak in Colorado, Mount Taylor in New Mexico, Arizona’s own San Francisco Peaks and ...

The rug looked almost plain, a furry, off-white blotch in a room otherwise filled with richly colored pieces. The intricate patterns of the dozens of other rugs in the fall auction at the Smoki ...

In the past 200 years Navajo weaving has gone from the shoulders to the floor and now to a place of distinction on the gallery wall. One of a new generation of Native American weavers, Brenda ...

While echoing Navajo symbolism in her designs, Greaves adds her own hallmark to the lower right-hand corner of her rugs: a tiny bat made of interlocking triangles.

Rugs that once had a functional purpose now sold as decorative artwork for up to $300 a square meter. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; Skip to main Navigation; Skip to Search; Next.

Rugs have always represented both beauty and function for the Diné. Now a collection on exhibit through Jan. 31 at the Museum of Native American History in Bentonville also showcases their role ...

Babies get wrapped in Pendleton trade blankets. At Native American ceremonies and giveaways, the gift of choice is usually Pendleton blankets. Pendleton blankets are given to returning veterans ...

The first clue is that the rug differs from traditional designs in not being symmetrical. Turns out, the wool weaving was a piece commissioned by Intel in the 1990s for the the American Indian ...