Storm Pattern Weavings
The Storm Pattern can be easily recognized by its central block with four arms extending to the areas near the corners that represent the four sacred mountains of the Navajo Reservation. Often these rugs also include lightning and waterbug forms. |  | |
Hand spun wool Storm Pattern weaving measuring approximately 3 feet by 5 feet. This simple older rug has all the elements of a classic Storm weaving the Four Sacred Mountain Ranges, lightning, Waterbugs, everything that comes with desert rains.
Storm pattern weaving in natural shades of a commercially spun wool. This rug has all the characteristics of a Storm weaving, the center earth, with the Four Sacred Mountains, and lightning all around. It's all about the rain, to nourish the crops, to feed the people.
This old storm weaving features a heather gray background with a simple stylized storm symbol with the four sacred mountains. This rug measures 52" by 74".
Pictured is a gorgeously-detailed and unusual Storm pattern weaving by Betty Jumbo. This weaving is 57 inches by 90 inches.
Pictured is an unusual Storm pattern weaving that contains a pictorial within it. This piece was woven in the 1970s and is 36-1/2 inches by 59 inches. The dates along the side of the emblem are 1976, and can be seen correctly from one side of the rug. The date above the emblem, 1977, can be seen correctly from the opposite side of the rug. This is one of the characteristics sometimes found that can make a Navajo weaving so charming and special.
Shown is a Storm pattern weaving which is 44 inches by 60 inches. Included are pictorial elements of bows and arrows.
