Badotlizhi

An obsolete name for the hand-made blankets of the Navajo native women - They had a black centre and a blue border at each end; used as shawls.

The original fabric is a native-made blanket, hand woven by the Navajo Indian women from wool yarns, in bright colours and geometrical designs. It was so closely woven as to be waterproof and the fabric was double sided. The principal native types are known under the following terms, which see : - Baghaitloui, Badotlizhi, Bilagai, Ditosi, Diyogi, Nago Nodzi, Nakhar Bicliidi, Yei, Yishbizh, Yistio, Jimas. The commercial imitations are made from strong cotton warps and a low price wool weft. Germany and Belgium supply the bulk of these blankets.