LATE 19TH C NAVAJO CHILDS BLANKET,EXCEPTIONAL ORIGINAL CONDITION,INDIGO HANDSPUN

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LATE 19TH C NAVAJO CHILDS BLANKET, EXCEPTIONAL ORIGINAL CONDITION, INDIGO HANDSPUN
Beautiful Late 19th C designs which makes this Serape an especially fine example from the Transitional Period of Navajo weaving. The way she pulled in the the bi-colored selvage accentuates the overall pattern much like the great old handspun wool wedge weaves of the same period.  It is a rare thing to find these 120+ year old Navajos in this kind of original, exceptional condition.
Wonderful size to display measuring approximately 34” x 58”.  The indigo has not been tested to see if it is indeed vegetal. Fresh from an estate of an old Railroad man from the panhandle of Texas whose American Indian collecting habits were hid from his family his entire life.
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an effort to assist Buyers with understanding the way I describe the condition of Navajo weavings that I’m selling on ebay, I spoke with Navajo textile author and expert Tyrone Campbell about his ‘Classification Categories for Condition’ that he first published in his NEWSLETTER in 1981.
After discussing with him that we may have to tweak it a bit because its been 40 years since it was originally comprised and has gotten nearly impossible to find weavings in excellent, let alone mint condition these days, I concluded, what the hell, why mess with a good thing.  It’s a standard worth sticking to!  So here it is as originally written (and with permission to reprint from Tyrone, July 2020).
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“CLASSIFICATION
CATEGORIES
FOR DETERMINING PHYSICAL CONDITION
FRAGMENT:           Any portion of an entire weaving.
DETERIORATED:  Heavily damaged, warps exposed, selvage missing, large holes, serious fading or running, corners or areas missing.
AVERAGE:               Shows floor wear or small holes, some selvage damage, very minor bleeding, etc.
GOOD:                      Above average classification may still show use, but not broken warps.  In some cases a very small hole or two or a minor selvage break or two is acceptable.
EXCELLENT:           No holes, no bleeding or fading, no exposed warps or serious selvage damage.
MINT:                        This classification means that the textile is in pristine condition.
NOTE:  In the case of rare weavings we will up-grade the condition classification from Average to Good or from Good to Excellent, but in no case to Mint or from Deteriorated to Average condition.”
From THE TYRONE D. CAMPBELL NEWSLETTER, Published at Albuquerque, N.M., 1981.
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