1890s Transitional Child’s Blanket material_white-buffalo Hand-Carved and Painted Hopi Warrior

Hand-Carved and Painted Hopi Warrior Mudhead Kachina Holding a Spear and a Spruce Bough

Handwoven Navajo Chinle Weaving Featuring a Banded Design with Red Accents

The Kopavi Flute Player was a design originally created by Phillip’s cousin

Materials: 14k Gold

1890s Transitional Child’s Blanket material_white-buffalo Hand-Carved and Painted Hopi Warrior1890s Handwoven Navajo Transitional Childs Blanket with Hand Carded and Spun Wool with Bright Aniline Dyes. Navajo weavings were originally made as blankets, but during the late 1800s, the arrival of inexpensive machine woven blankets reduced demand for hand woven ones. As traders introduced these pieces to tourists for use as rugs and wall hangings, weaving shifted in purpose. The transitional period was a time when Navajo weavers were transitioning