Burntwater Area Weavings

The Burntwater area is located between Holbrook, Arizona, and Gallup, New Mexico. Although the Burntwater area technically includes Wide Ruins and Pine Springs, we have placed these style rugs in the "Chinle" section because of their similarity of design, mainly the use of stripes with no border. Philomena Yazzie is credited with being the first weaver to include all-vegetal dyed, bordered weaving featuring geometrics similar to Ganado and Two Grey Hills styles. We do not receive many of these weavings at Toh-Atin, but will show them on this site whenever we are fortunate enough to have one.
Burntwater Area Weavings
 
Burntwater Weaving, C2431

Burntwater is a relatively new style, that comes from the southern part of the reservation where Vegetal dyeing comes from. The complexity of the design and the dyeing process make this style fairly rare and valuable. Here is an unusual and beautiful Burntwater weaving with Yei figures in the center. It is valued at $4,500.

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Burntwater weaving, C1193

Shown is a soft Burntwater weaving by Garnet Alcon priced at $2,500.

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Burntwater, C1193

A contemporary Burntwater by Garnett Alcon, all vegetal dyes.

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