Vintage Navaj Rug, Navajo Transitional Blanket/Rug with a rare Saltillo Serape Design, ca 1890 - 1900 unbleached wool

Vintage Navaj Rug, Navajo Transitional Blanket/Rug with a rare Saltillo Serape Design, ca 1890 - 1900 unbleached woolThis highly unusual and visual blanket rug was woven from homespun yarns. the white and black are all undyed natura yarns. The red and green in the bold multi diamond central design are commercial aniline dyes. The design elements are heavily influenced by the Classic Mexican saltillo Design of the 19th Century. With the bold central diamond design and the "floating" intermittent accent lines through out the body of the weaving This seemingly

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spoons and containers were all carved from dense wood

A fine and gentle patina that glows shows how treasured this stool was to its owner

72" x 108"

Burkina Faso

Size: 2 1/2” x 3 1/4” x  5 1/2” t

Carved from a single tree this Jimma or Gurage Peoples Chair

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black and brown yarns

Normally the container is mounted on a round base

The early coral came from Italy and Spain and was a treasured by both the Navajo and the Pueblo Peoples and has been traded sparingly with the Spanish  mbecause it was such a valuable commodity in Europe

Solid neutral bands of colour are interspersed with rows of highly visual serrated half diamond panels in a classic blanket design format