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A contemporary Navajo rug Third phase Chief's blanket, circa 1870–1880. Navajo weaving (Navajo: diyogí) are textiles produced by Navajo people, who are based near the Four Corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly regarded and have been sought after as trade items for more than 150 years.
Navajo rugs are woven by Navajo women today from Navajo-Churro sheep, other breeds of sheep, or commercial wool. Designs can be pictorial or abstract, based on historic Navajo, Spanish, Asian, or Persian designs. 20th century Navajo weavers include Clara Sherman and Hosteen Klah, who co-founded the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.
Traditional Native American clothing is the apparel worn by the indigenous peoples of the region that became the United States before the coming of Europeans. Because the terrain, climate and materials available varied widely across the vast region, there was no one style of clothing throughout, [1] but individual ethnic groups or tribes often had distinctive clothing that can be identified ...
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Navajo woman's fancy manta, wool, ca. 1850-1865, collection of the Arizona State Museum [1] A manta is a rectangular textile that was worn as a blanket or as a wrap-around dress. [2] When worn as a dress, the manta is held together by a woven sash. Mantas are worn by such indigenous peoples as the Navajo, [2] Hopi, and Pueblo peoples.
Native American fashion is the design and creation of high-fashion clothing and fashion accessories by Native Americans in the United States.This is a part of a larger movement of Indigenous fashion of the Americas.
Clothing native to Native Americans in the United States See also the categories Inuit clothing , Latin American clothing , Mesoamerican clothing , and Indigenous textile art of the Americas Subcategories
Because the squaw dress borrows from various different indigenous people's clothing and because of the use of the word "squaw," there were people who were uncomfortable with the fashion. [31] Designer Dolores Gonzales admitted that she had taken the idea for the design from Native American women's clothing. [ 32 ]