weaving blankets produced people corners area united_states highly regarded sought trade items years commercial production blankets important element economy expert expresses classic finest equal pre mechanical woven textile world originally blankets use dresses saddle blankets similar purposes end 19th century began tourism export typical strong geometric patterns flat woven textile produced fashion similar eastern_europe notable differences weaving technique common warp continuous length extending weaving fringe traders late 19th early 20th century encouraged adoption motifs designs purpose original function weaving produce clothing shoulder robes rectangular panel wrap dresses semi tailored shirts variety belts shoulder robes hair ties production weaving flourished mid 1800s trade white settlers history influence learned indian neighbors moved corners region year experts contend 17th century obtained cotton local trade routes arrival spanish time began use wool generally friendly terms frequent raids settlements sought refuge neighbors late 17th century evade aftermath social interchange probable origin distinctive weaving tradition spanish records people began herd sheep wool blankets time onward extent influence weaving uncertain notes prehistoric elaborate historic ones seen remnants recovered figures pre contact murals suggests absence surviving colonial era textile examples impossible creative origins weaving arose culture borrowed neighboring people early records written records establish fine years beginning spanish colonial descriptions early 18th century called best province remnants 18th century weaving survive important surviving examples early weaving come arizona group shot killed seeking refuge spanish soldiers years cave remained untouched local trader named entered retrieved day separated collection sold museums majority blankets feature plain stripes exhibit diamonds characteristic later weaving wider commerce commerce expanded opened greater numbers examples survive blankets opposed highly prized trade items sold gold huge sum time railroad service reached lands early 1880s resulted considerable expansion market woven goods according canada wool production doubled textile production escalated purchases manufactured compensated deficit wool production federal government reports affirmed weaving performed exclusively women profitable industry era quality declined regards attempted demand today society average price goes european american merchants influenced weaving decades advertise catalog cotton encouraged professional production marketing peers work handled trader named john settled attempted improve quality traded attempted regulate cleaning process business shipped wool intended higher grade weaving outside region factory cleaning limited range traded refused deal fabric included certain commercially produced moore identified individual textile pieces illustrating representative styles appears instrumental introducing new motifs weaving region popular anglo americans time worked similar conditions similar styles relatively simple incorporate patterns octagonal motif known traders encouraged locals blankets distinct styles included gray hills predominantly black white traditional patterns nos colorful extensive patterns founded red dominated patterns black white crystal founded oriental persian styles natural banded geometric patterns diamond type patterns red bold diamond patterns patterns exhibit symmetry thought professor traditional ideas harmony recent developments large numbers continue commercially contemporary likely learn craft community college course opposed family woman struggles sacrifices source income suffered commercially sets pressures extensive investment examples price competition foreign modern notable high prices construction wool late 17th century acquired breed sheep spanish explorers animals developed unique breed today called sheep suited climate lands produced useful long staple wool hand spun wool animals main source blankets 1860s united_states government forced people relocate seized livestock peace treaty allowed return traditional lands included settlement replace livestock tribe purchased sheep goats mid-19th century called refers high quality naturally dyed silky red tones period come cloth known spanish manufactured england arrival railroad early 1880s machine produced came use weaving dyed known manufactured pennsylvania locally produced textile breeding caused steady decline wool quality increasing proportions found preserved examples period federal agents attempted address problem introducing breeding population french breed produces good meat heavy fine wool stock adapted southwestern climate wool suitable hand spinning short wool tight makes hand spinning difficult higher content wool necessitated significantly scarce water dyed effectively dominated tribe stock wool appearance interior created southwestern range address problems stock caused economy located new_mexico program aim develop new sheep simulated wool characteristics 19th century stock supply adequate meat fort researchers collected old stock remote parts reservation hired test experimental wool offspring experiments distributed people world war interrupted greater effort military work resumed fort coloration prior mid-19th century weaving coloration natural brown white obtained trade purchased middle century palette expanded include red black green yellow gray signifies different aspects earth defined different locations reservation obtain shades pale blue near black mixed indigenous yellow rabbit brush plant obtain bright green effects red difficult obtain locally early use extract beetle trade route spain england way reds weaving tended imported obtained black pitch ashes railroad service began early 1880s available bright shades red orange green purple yellow dominated final years 19th century weaving aesthetics underwent rapid change experimented new palette new entered region tastes differed earlier later years 19th century continued produce earlier styles traditional customers adopted new techniques second market weaving traditional weaving upright moving parts support poles traditionally constructed wood steel pipe common today sits floor weaving finished portion fabric underneath grows average takes months years finish single size greatly determines time spent weaving ratio warp threads fine count declined following decades rose somewhat ratio period 19th century colored wool cotton string switched white wool early decades 20th century cultural perspectives weaving plays role creation myth social relationships continues play role culture according aspect tradition spiritual called spider woman instructed women build exotic materials including sky earth rock crystal sheet lightning spider woman taught use traditional motifs leads mistaken notion serve purpose religion actually items use prayer ceremonial function controversy existed including religious symbolism items designed commercial sale financial success purported ceremonial led continued production schools thought red grey hills red nos crystal critical study recently dominated study historic examples works belong collections fine art collections mean items exhibited analyzed eye average works emphasizing technical artistic excellence priorities artificially inflated market value items inferior general tendency affected non european art degree factors hindered art criticism include common distinction fine art applied art scholarly theory archaeologists art historians pure artistic expression exist non peoples
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