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The Pictorial Navajo rug stems from late nineteenth century attempts by Navajo weavers to record the images they saw in the world around them, and the pictorial weaver often illustrates what she sees in this Navajo rug weave. Pictorial Navajo rugs usually have a light colored background with a wide variety of colors used in the depiction. Early Navajo rug pictorials contain such expected imagery as cowboys, horses, wagons, mountains, hogans, and pastoral scenes. Today's Pictorial Navajo rugs often include pickup trucks, trains, houses, helicopters and airplanes; illustrations of all the objects you would see driving through the reservation.

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