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| CLASSIC NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL SECOND PHASE CHIEF'S BLANKET, circa 1830 - 1840 |
 There is a living quality to classic Navajo wearing blankets. If you watch a classic blanket for more than a few minutes, you get the impression that the blanket is a work in progress, a place where organic growth is taking place.
That impression is not accidental. 19th century Navajo weavers believed they were growing their blankets out of the earth, much as a farmer grows corn in a field. In this extraordinary chief's blanket, the horizontal red bands create terraced triangles, which emerge into the field of ivory and brown stripes. The triangles' emergence gives this blanket a four dimensional aspect. Its activity cannot be seen at a glance. It has to be followed, like a good story. - Joshua Baer |
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