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382px;\" colspan=\"2\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/navajorug-com.myshopify.com\/pages\/jb-moore\"\u003eLearn more about JB Moore style of weavings\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eC\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eontact us for more information, pricing or to order – \u003ca href=\"mailto:steve@navajorug.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esteve@navajorug.com\u003c\/a\u003e or 520-455-5020 -- We will be glad to help you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text_exposed_show\"\u003eA unique blend of history, Native American culture and storytelling make these weavings an art like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-11-05T13:50:34-07:00","created_at":"2020-09-17T10:50:53-07:00","vendor":"Historic Collection","type":"Crystal","tags":["Antique Navajo Rugs","black","circa-1920","color black","color red","color white","crystal","Filter 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Moore, trader in the Crystal area during the 1890's -1910's encouraged Navajo weavers to create tightly woven rugs  for the eastern United States trade.  This is a fine example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Hand carded, hand spun native wool. The red is aniline dyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 396px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 131px;\"\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 251px;\"\u003eCrystal\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 131px;\"\u003eWeaver\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 251px;\"\u003eUnknown\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 131px;\"\u003eCirca\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 251px;\"\u003e1920\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 131px;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 251px;\"\u003e62\" X 84\" (5'2\" x 7')\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: left; width: 131px;\"\u003eItem #\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: left; width: 251px;\"\u003eGHT 41\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 382px;\" colspan=\"2\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/navajorug-com.myshopify.com\/pages\/jb-moore\"\u003eLearn more about JB Moore style of weavings\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eC\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eontact us for more information, pricing or to order – \u003ca href=\"mailto:steve@navajorug.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esteve@navajorug.com\u003c\/a\u003e or 520-455-5020 -- We will be glad to help you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text_exposed_show\"\u003eA unique blend of history, Native American culture and storytelling make these weavings an art like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":10567838275,"title":"HOLD - Chee Dodge - Crystal Pictorial Navajo Rug : Historic : PC 276 : 48\" x 75\" : (4' x 6'3\")","handle":"crystal-navajo-rug-historic-pc-276","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis pristine Hero Twin Pictorial is vibrant and unusual.  Attached with a lead seal  is the original certificate of authenticity.  This paper tag was attached to all Navajo rugs beginning in 1937.  It stated for the consumer that the product was a  Navajo all-wool woven fabrics and was used by the government as a certificate of genuineness.  We have seen lead seals before, but never the paper certificate from this time period. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis article appeared in \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Desert Magazine \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eJanuary 1938, page 21\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"artilce-desert-magazine-1938\" src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1207\/9128\/files\/Certificate_information_large.JPG?v=1557511150\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e To make this even more special Chee Dodge's name is typed on the certificate, along with Crystal New Mexico. Chee Dodge had a trading post during this time frame.  In 1890 Dodge opened a trading post on the Navajo Reservation with a white partner, Stephen E. Aldrich at Round Rock in the Chinle Valley. He also built up a successful livestock business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNavajo Head Man, Chee Dodge was not a full-blooded Navajo but he had been chosen by a U.S. government as a representative for his people—Dodge eventually won the confidence of his people, serving as a bridge between the white world and the traditional world of the Navajo. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand carded, hand spun and hand dyed with Rambouillet wool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis weaving was part of the 2017 \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNavajo Textiles as Modern Art\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eexhibit at Nizhoni Ranch Gallery and is on page 15 of the catalog for the show.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 384px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 96px; text-align: left;\"\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 274px; text-align: left;\"\u003eCrystal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 96px;\"\u003eWeaver\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 274px;\"\u003eUnknown Navajo\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 96px;\"\u003eCirca\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 274px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1937-1947s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 96px;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 274px;\"\u003e (4' x 6'3\")\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 96px;\"\u003eItem #\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 274px;\"\u003ePC 276\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 370px; text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/navajorug-com.myshopify.com\/pages\/crystal\"\u003eLearn more about Crystal Style weavings\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContact us for more information, pricing or to order – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:steve@navajorug.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esteve@navajorug.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or 520-455-5020 -- We will be glad to help you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenry Chee Dodge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNavajo political leader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBirthplace: \u003c\/strong\u003eFort Defiance, Ariz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNative American Henry Chee Dodge (c.1857–1947) was one of the most famous and revered Navajo tribal leaders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1207\/9128\/files\/Henry_Chee_Dodge_large.jpg?v=1500504025\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe identity of Dodge's father is uncertain, but he may have been a white Indian agent or Army officer. His mother was a \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/cgi-bin\/id\/A0835018\"\u003eNavajo\u003c\/a\u003e-\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/cgi-bin\/id\/A0860576\"\u003eJemez\u003c\/a\u003e Indian who was killed during a campaign led by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/cgi-bin\/id\/A0810610\"\u003eKit Carson\u003c\/a\u003e against the Navajos in 1864. The survivors, including Dodge, were forced to walk hundreds of miles from northeast Arizona to northwest New Mexico, where they were confined on the Bosque Redondo Reservation at Fort Sumner. 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Chee Dodge had a trading post during this time frame.  In 1890 Dodge opened a trading post on the Navajo Reservation with a white partner, Stephen E. Aldrich at Round Rock in the Chinle Valley. He also built up a successful livestock business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNavajo Head Man, Chee Dodge was not a full-blooded Navajo but he had been chosen by a U.S. government as a representative for his people—Dodge eventually won the confidence of his people, serving as a bridge between the white world and the traditional world of the Navajo. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand carded, hand spun and hand dyed with Rambouillet wool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis weaving was part of the 2017 \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNavajo Textiles as Modern Art\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eexhibit at Nizhoni Ranch Gallery and is on page 15 of the catalog for the show.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 384px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 96px; text-align: left;\"\u003eStyle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 274px; text-align: left;\"\u003eCrystal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 96px;\"\u003eWeaver\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 274px;\"\u003eUnknown Navajo\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 96px;\"\u003eCirca\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 274px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1937-1947s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 96px;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 274px;\"\u003e (4' x 6'3\")\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 96px;\"\u003eItem #\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 274px;\"\u003ePC 276\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 370px; text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/navajorug-com.myshopify.com\/pages\/crystal\"\u003eLearn more about Crystal Style weavings\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContact us for more information, pricing or to order – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:steve@navajorug.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esteve@navajorug.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or 520-455-5020 -- We will be glad to help you!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHenry Chee Dodge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNavajo political leader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBirthplace: \u003c\/strong\u003eFort Defiance, Ariz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNative American Henry Chee Dodge (c.1857–1947) was one of the most famous and revered Navajo tribal leaders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1207\/9128\/files\/Henry_Chee_Dodge_large.jpg?v=1500504025\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe identity of Dodge's father is uncertain, but he may have been a white Indian agent or Army officer. His mother was a \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/cgi-bin\/id\/A0835018\"\u003eNavajo\u003c\/a\u003e-\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/cgi-bin\/id\/A0860576\"\u003eJemez\u003c\/a\u003e Indian who was killed during a campaign led by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/cgi-bin\/id\/A0810610\"\u003eKit Carson\u003c\/a\u003e against the Navajos in 1864. The survivors, including Dodge, were forced to walk hundreds of miles from northeast Arizona to northwest New Mexico, where they were confined on the Bosque Redondo Reservation at Fort Sumner. In 1868 Dodge returned to Fort Defiance with his adopted Navajo family.\u003c\/p\u003e"}