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| CLASSIC NAVAJO THIRD PHASE CHIEF'S, circa 1840 |
 Historians and textile scholars study and categorize Navajo chief's blankets according to the types of red yarns they contain. However, it is the quality of the blue yarns that separates a great Classic chief's blanket from a good one. By the 1850's, Navajo weavers had been dying handspun wool with indigo for almost two centuries, and their expertise at dying equalled that of their weaving. In this unusually controlled Third Phase, the blue stripes give the blanket a liquid, almost floating quality. Three small diamonds placed in the central panel speak of a talented weaver, unafraid to take chances in her blankets. - Joshua Baer |
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