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Navajo rug imperfection. Deliberate imperfection navajo rug. And interestingly enough it s where the spirit moves in and out of the rug the pattern is perfect and then there s one part of it that clearly looks like a mistake. If you look closely along the borders of many navajo weavings you can see a single line of a contrasting color extending out from the center to the textile s edge. After death of a person his her spirit is supposed to translocate through this line so that he she can still weave the carpets and blankets i e.
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In a navajo rug there is always an imperfection woven into the corner. Weaving a spirit pathway. This theory is supported by stories passed down from tribal elders as well as examples of navajo rugs dating back to 1700 that are a close parallel to rugs made by the pueblo indians. The navajos also believe that only god is perfect and that humans cannot achieve the same perfect level.
The history of navajo rugs goes back to around 1700 when the navajo were believed to have learned the craft of rug making from the pueblo indians. The semite mind the eastern mind which by the way jesus would have been much closer to understands. In navajo culture the lines of imperfection that a rug shows is referred to as the spirit path. The spirit can continue this mission.
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