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c. 1920s Navajo Two Grey Hills Rug, 78.5" x 53"

$ 3339.6

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Tribal Affiliation: Navajo
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Artisan: Navajo
  • Origin: Navajo
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Condition: Very good condition.

    Description

    c. 1920s Navajo Two Grey Hills Rug, 78.5" x 53"
    This textile is in very good condition. There are no holes or signs of moth grazing. There is slight fading on one side. The selvage is good and the corners are intact, with only some minor weft wear and one tassel is missing.
    Warp count 12, weft count 48, per inch.
    Acquired from a private collection in Arizona.
    Please reference item T90227A-0419-007.
    Two Grey Hills Navajo Indian Rugs are known as weavings in which no colored dyes were used. Instead, weavers carefully combed and spun different natural colors of yarn to yield a beautiful range of creamy whites, tans, browns, and greys. (To get a solid black color, weavers sometimes would over-dye dark brown wool with black dye.) The weavers around Two Grey Hills developed very complex geometric patterns, usually based on a large, hooked, central diamond with multiple geometric borders. They also were known for very finely spun wool of small diameter which they used to make very thin, dense, and tightly woven rugs that are certainly the greatest technical achievements in the history of Navajo rug making. Many of the women who now weave for nearby Toadlena Trading Post carry on this tradition of quality. The most finely woven rugs often are called tapestry rugs. Medicine Man Gallery specializes in old Navajo Indian rugs from Two Grey Hills, including rugs by master weavers such as Daisy Tauglechee.
    Medicine Man Gallery has been in the Antique Native American art business since 1992.
    We have one of the largest inventories of Antique Native American art for sale in the country, offering Navajo Rugs and Blankets, American Pueblo Pottery, Indian Baskets, Hopi Kachinas, Old Pawn Jewelry, Contemporary Native American Jewelry, and Native American Beadwork, as well as Ethnographic Art, Western Americana, Art of the West and Native American Art.
    Before purchasing please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have about the condition of this item; we are happy to provide additional images.