Browse Items (19 total)

Dates: 1974
Size: 149.6 x 77.1 cm; 5.5 warps(comma) 22 wefts
Description: During the modern period(comma) Navajo weaving is not only characterized by regional revival varieties(comma) but also geometric and specialty patterns. Such styles vary…

Dates: 1930-1980
Description: Although this rug was collected near Crystal(comma) New Mexico(comma) the textile is woven in a Wide Ruins style with no border(comma) simple linear(comma) repeating design elements and pastel colors(comma) probably…

Dates: 1927
Size: 162 x 168 cm; 10 warps(comma) 44 wefts
Description: This Eagle Catching ceremonial pattern rug depicts the Sacred Twins participating in the Female Feather Chant. It is the first pictorial rug woven by Gladys Manuelito(comma) who…

Dates: 1925-1935
Size: 136.5 x 75.5; 8 warps(comma) 36 wefts
Description: This rug is likely an example of the Chinle Revival style(comma) a regional variation developed beginning in the 1920's that promoted a return to traditional patterns and…

Dates: 1900-1915
Size: 192.5 x 139 cm; 6 warps(comma) 18 wefts
Description: The Crystal Trading Post was run by John B. Moore starting in 1897. He incorporated a new marketing technique that introduced Anglo-American customers to Navajo weaving…

Dates: 1960-1970
Size: 174 x 105 cm; 9 warps(comma) 38 wefts
Description: Although Ye'ii are sometimes found in rug designs prior to the 20th century(comma) the earliest known weaver to incorporate the figures into her weaving was Yanapah who was…

Dates: 1927-1928
Size: 213.5 x 139 cm; 9 warps(comma) 26 wefts
Description: Two Grey Hills is a regional style associated with the Toadlena and Two Grey Hills Trading Post established in 1914 by George Bloomfield and Ed Davis. The style was…

Dates: 1920-1940
Size: 174 x 119 cm; 6 warps(comma) 34 wefts
Description: Two Grey Hills is a regional style associated with the Toadlena and Two Grey Hills Trading Post established in 1914 by George Bloomfield and Ed Davis. Style design and motifs…

Dates: 1920-1940
Size: 230 x 151 cm; 11 warps(comma) 40 wefts
Description: Two Grey Hills is a regional style associated with the Toadlena and Two Grey Hills Trading Post established in 1914 by George Bloomfield and Ed Davis. The style was inspired…

Dates: 1954
Size: 127 x 86 cm; 8 warps(comma) 26 wefts
Description: After a decline in the Navajo rug market during the Great Depression(comma) a revival period(comma) focused in northeastern Arizona(comma) brought back stylized classic designs…