Description
Navajo blanket woven wool design in deep pastel colors. The Navajo stained their yarns for fabrics using natural items from the surroundings - beige from corn silk, tan from brown onion skin, maroon from Juniper bark, amber from Juniper Mistletoe, olive-yellow from sagebrush, gray from Indian Paintbrush, brown from the Gambel Oak, dark green from red onion skin, lavender from Holly berries, dusty orange from canaigre root - just a few of the earthtone colors produced for coloring yarns and other items. Arizona, 2010.