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A public domain color photograph of Navajo Rug would improve this article.- Doktor Faustus 1 June 2007
This is pretty silly---85% of this is taken from Navajo people. Nominate to MERGE immediately. -- Dylanfly 19:23, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
I've found considerable differences in terminology among different references on this topic. The eye dazzler style is widely known as such, but many of the others here aren't mentioned in the sources at my disposal. Moving this here for possible verification and expansion. Durova Charge! 06:11, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
There are many styles of rugs.
The article mentions high prices in 1850 and high prices currently, so I set down to some arithmetic. Doing math is sometimes considered a violation of WP:NOR and in this case I can sort of see why, but it sheds some light on the topic and detailing it here should spare the next person. According to the link in the article [1] current rugs sell around $300-$1000. According to [2] the mid-1800's US used a bimetallic standard gold = 22.5 grains/$, silver=371 grains/$. Using 0.065 grams/grain and 1 troy ounce = 31.1034768 grams I work out $50 US = either $243.37 (in silver) or $1957.58 (in gold). The substantial difference can be traced back to the Crime of 1873.
The bottom line: calculating exact inflation over centuries is a job requiring experts, and you'd need a source to claim that $50 in the 1800's meant any particular amount of modern money. But in a very crude, subjective sense it appears that the cost of a Navajo rug is roughly the same as it's ever been. 70.15.116.59 ( talk) 19:14, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
The principle image seems a bit blurred to me. Perhaps it's just my monitor or graphic cards, or the prescription in my contact lenses, but a burnt umber and black weave needs to be shown with really strong unsharp masks. Primary colors always seem to have a bit of their complements surrounding them, and this makes the lines appear blurred even when they're not. Utgard Loki ( talk) 15:58, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
I've removed some requests for citations regarding material that is in fact referenced. It is not necessary to have an inline citation for every sentence of a paragraph, when multiple successive statements are verified through the same source cited at the end of the paragraph. Nor is it customary to provide inline citations in the introduction for material that is adequately referenced in greater detail in the article body. Durova Charge! 22:04, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Most everything is very good, but I really can't pass it with that citation necessary tag. All it needs is a reference there, and it will pass. Until then, I've put the article On-hold. Thank you for your hard work in improving this article, and good luck in improving it to GA status. Juliancolton The storm still blows... 14:03, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
All of the issues have been addressed, and thus, it passes GA. Juliancolton The storm still blows... 00:16, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Those Navajo rug patterns are very similar to Turkish (especially Turkmen/Yoruk) rug/carpet patterns. ( Täñritäg ( talk) 12:32, 14 August 2008 (UTC))
Since this article discusses blankets, serapes, and mantas as well as rugs, Navajo weaving seems like a more accurate title. - Uyvsdi ( talk) 00:34, 28 April 2010 (UTC)Uyvsdi
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