Navajo Rugs
Minnie Yazzie has created this detailed pictorial that has all the images for healing. The Medicine baskets, the bear, feathers, and the Four Sacred Mountain ranges. The entire weaving is done in finely spun wool in natural colors, except a blue mountain and a yellow mountain. Measuring over 3 feet by 5 feet, this is an exceptional example of creativity and craftsmanship.
"Pictorial Yei be Chai" by Navajo weaver Lilly Smith. Fabulous pictorial featuring Yei be Chai dancers in front of a landscape of Monument Valley, Utah. The colors are bright and the figures expressive. This exceptional weaving is almost 4 feet by 8 feet.
Exquisite Two Grey Hills Rug, by Navajo weaver Betty Wilson. Betty has been actively weaving since 1970, and has been awarded for her fine work at the Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial in Gallup, New Mexico. Measuring 33 inches by 50 inches, this rug is very detailed with many shades of brown and gray finely spun wool.
Ganado/Teec Nos Pos weaving has fine detailing and beautiful hand spun wool. The background is a variegated gray and brown, rust red and accents of white with black outlines. Measuring close to three by six feet. Woven by Navajo artist Annie Edison.
Natural wool colors, finely hand spun make this Teec Nos Pos by Roslyn Begay a wonderful weaving for any collection. Roslyn has put a weaver's path line from the center of the rug to the outside border. This allows for her spirit and energy to flow in out of the weaving. Measuring 34 inches by 44 inches.
Large Storm Weaving- This rug has all the elements of a great Storm rug. The Four sacred mountains, center earth, lightning, feathers, and waterbugs. Rain is essential to the Native people, it brings water for the corn, the stable and one of the four sacred plants of the South west. Woven in the Ganado color scheme, this weaving is close to four feet by six feet.
Serape Style Geometric Wearing Blanket- Hand dyed with Indigo for the blue and Cochineal for the red, this hand spun Churro blend wool wearing blanket is a fabulous example of a combination of a Navajo wearing blanket and a Mexican Serape, also a wearing blanket. Measuring 3 feet by 6 feet.
Saddle blanket measures 29 inches by 29 1/2 inches. Natural and vegetal dyes, in browns, blacks, red, gray and that great Gallup throw orange.
Klagetoh style Navajo weaving measuring 23 inches by 29 inches. This style is related to the Ganado regional style, but has a background field color of gray or tan featuring a central diamond shape.
Contemporary Ganado Style Weaving- Beautiful rich red background accented by feather motif, measuring 32 inches by 46 inches.
Transitional Weaving c. 1900-1910. This beautiful weaving is as soft as a wearing blanket. Rich shades of red, cream and browns. The weaving is in excellent condition. The geometric design is as fresh today as it was 100 years ago, and will fit into many home decors, from western to modern metro. Measuring 56 inches by 78 inches.
Raised Outline weavings come from Coal Mine Mesa area. The doubling of the wefts on one side create a luminescent effect. Often vegetal dyed, this weaving has shades of ocher, cream, gray and black. The over all combination creates almost a green color.
Lemuel Harrison has hand spun, dyed and woven this beautiful Navajo sash. The combination of blues and reds gives the sash an over all hue of purple. The time and technique involved in these tradition clothing pieces is extraordinary. Measures 5 1/2 feet long BY 2 1/2 inches wide.
The variation in the color and the variegation has that beautiful hand spun touch. In shades of orange, rust and red. This runner rug has a nice feel to it and would be thick enough to use on the floor.
Simple and classic, soft to touch, this hand spun Two Grey Hills weaving would be perfect for the wall. Measuring 46 inches by 66 inches, approximately four by six feet is a great size to fit in the home or business space.
This Two Grey Hills rug is 43 inches by 64 inches. Woven in all hand spun wool and edged in a stitching of red. This lovely weaving would be perfect on the wall or the floor.
Rare color to find is a Navajo weaving in shades of blues and greens. Elsie weaves sophisticated color combination's. Shown is a beautiful weaving from the Chinle area by master weaver, Elsie Bia. This weaving is 51 inches by 70 inches.
Churro wool Burnham area weaving by Esther Bitsui Lucas. All natural wool except for the clothing on the figures, mainly in the Two Grey Hills style. Measures close to 2 by 2 1/2 feet.
