This Navajo rug has four Yei figures all holding a variety of objects. Yei are holy people or deities in Navajo culture, often depicted in sandpaintings used in healing ceremonies. These rugs first appeared in the early 20th century and are inspired by these sandpaintings but are not considered sacred objects themselves. Feathers of a […]
This is a beautiful Rio Grande blanket with natural white, natural brown and light indigo blue dye. The weft is all hand spun churro wool. A banded pattern is used with 7 banded systems across the whole blanket. The center banding system is different from all the rest in that its center is a system […]
Just bigger than a double saddle blanket, this transitional blanket has a classic look with the three centered crosses. The wool is soft and supple, with the weft not heavily twisted so the piece is not heavy. The design is a banded system, with 4 hourglass shapes in the upper and lower half. The center […]
From the private collection of Tyron D. Campbell, this Navajo rug has 7 human figures on it. There are 5 men (feathers on top) and 2 women. They are done in an eerie manor, with oddly shaped arms and legs and highly elongated feathers. They remind me of ghost walkers. I believe that the Navajos […]
This is an interesting Navajo weaving. It is bordered on both ends with a Greek key pattern of dark brown against a carded lighter brown field. The main body of the rug has a four square orientation with an abstract cross in the center. The cross, as it grows towards its perimeter, turns into a […]
This manta, or dress/shawl is striking because of the quality and color of the indigo blue. The upper and lower bands has weft all in indigo, done in a diamond twill pattern. The warps show the background color of the diamond twill, which is deep natural brown sheep’s wool. The diamonds in the twill pattern […]
This exceptional blanket has a moki design where thin brown bands alternate with thin indigo blue bands. The blanket is divided into 7 sections. The middle section is the most narrow, creating an elegant center. Outward from the center are 3 groupings of banding systems separated by white bands boarded with ticking. Each of these […]
This is an early moki wearing blanket, circa 1860 and possibly as early as 1840. This blanket is finely woven with a wonderful, thin handle. There are 11 warps to the inch and 64 wefts to the inch. The wool is from churro sheep, and the age of the surface creates a beautiful sheen. The […]
This is a rare and early shirt. The date is conjectured, as there are few of them existing in this form and this degree of fineness. The small size also suggests an earlier date. There is significant moth damage and the deeper, inner, exposed yarn is a lighter indigo blue in contrast to the external […]
The soft colors in this second phase coupled with the simplified banding gives this blanket a very handsome look. The way the three barber poll bands reverse their direction gives these simple, red rectangles extra energy. The weave is very blanket like, not rug like. This blanket looks particularly good put onto a shoulder mount. […]
