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RARE EARLY 20TH C NAVAJO NAT AM SM 18"x18" RED/SEPIA/CREAM/GRN HND WVN WOOL RUG

$ 363

Availability: 26 in stock
  • Southwest US: Small, mat-sized rug/weaving
  • American: Antique
  • 18 ½" Height x 18" Width: Weight: 5 oz.
  • Indigenous hand woven wool rug: Made by tribal Native American hands
  • 100% original antique condition: Untouched & undisturbed
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Artisan: Unknown Navajo tribal weaver
  • Style: Antique
  • Geo-abstract design: 'Whirling Logs' sacred Navajo tribal symbol
  • Hand woven: Made by the Navajo Native American people
  • Type: Rug
  • Material: Wool
  • Small unrepaired hole (break in fibers): Hole is small & barely noticeable
  • Authentic: Original
  • Tribal Affiliation: Navajo
  • Modified Item: No
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Regional Design: Navajo
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
  • Vegetable dye colors: 100% wool fibers
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Culture: Native American: US
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Navajo tribe of AZ, NM, UT & CO: Produced in the 4 corners of the Navajo nation
  • Shape: Square
  • Origin: Southwest United States
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Condition: Good-Very Good overall vint cond: Offered for your review & consideration is this estate fresh & 100% untouched & unadulterated, sm, diminutive 18" x 18" sq, vegetable dyed, 100% wool, hand woven rug, tapestry or horse saddle mat. This magnificent early 20th c antique rug was prod by Navajo Nat Am indigenous tribal hands, most likely in the vast 4 corner region of what's now AZ, NM, UT & CO. The sm mat is comprised of rich sepia brown colors of its jagged int border, resembling the diagonal configurations also found in antique Navajo 'eye dazzler' hand woven wool rugs prod in the same period as this magnificent, diminutive gem & superb example of early 20th c period Navajo wool weaving. The sepia brown jagged edges are interwoven w/creamy white. The center of the rug feats an orange red sq, upon which is woven the Navajo sacred tribal symbol of the 'Whirling Logs' realized in deep mint green & creamy white. The symbol's an ancient indigenous one & not a later European fascist one. Fine

    Description

    SCARCE
    EARLY 20TH CENTURY
    NAVAJO
    NATIVE
    AME
    RI
    CAN
    ANTIQUE
    SMALL
    SQUARE,
    18"
    x
    18"
    HAND
    WOVEN
    WOOL
    RUG,
    with
    'WHIRLING
    LOGS'
    SACRED
    NAVAJO
    TRIBAL
    SYMBOL
    CENTRAL
    MOTIF,
    in
    ORANGE
    -RED,
    SEPIA
    BROWN,
    CREAMY
    WHITE
    &
    PALE
    GREEN
    VEGETABLE
    DYE
    COLORS,
    featuring
    TIED,
    TASSLE
    WOOL
    FIBER
    CORNERS,
    of
    which
    TWO
    TASSELS
    are
    STILL
    INTACT
    [Small, barely noticeable hole or break in wool fibers in one corner, as well as a few small, minor stains. No repairs made to the break & the wool mat hasn't been hand washed or cleaned]
    (Circa 1920-1934)
    Early 20th century
    Navajo
    Native
    Ame
    ri
    can
    hand woven, vegetable dyed fiber wool rugs, with sacred tribal hieroglyphic symbols
    DIMENSIONS:
    18 ½" Height x 18" Width
    Weight:
    5 oz.
    DESCRIPTION:
    Offered for your review and consideration is this estate fresh and 100% untouched and unadulterated, small, diminutive
    18" x 18" square,
    vegetable dyed, 100% wool, hand woven
    Navajo
    antique rug, tapestry or horse saddle mat.
    This magnificent
    early 20th century
    antique rug was produced by
    Navajo
    Native
    Ame
    ri
    can
    indigenous tribal hands,
    most likely in the vast four corner region of what's now
    Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.
    The small mat is comprised of rich sepia brown colors of its jagged interior border, resembling the diagonal configurations also found in antique
    Navajo
    'eye dazzler'
    hand woven, wool rugs
    produced in the same period as this magnificent, diminutive gem and superb example of
    early 20th century
    period
    Navajo
    wool rug weaving.
    The sepia brown jagged edges are interwoven with creamy white. The center of the rug features an orange red square, upon which is woven the
    Navajo
    sacred tribal symbol
    of the
    'Whirling Logs'
    realized in deep mint green and creamy white. The symbol is an ancient, indigenous,
    Native
    Ame
    ri
    can
    Navajo
    tribal one and not a later, co-opted, European fascist one. Very fine. Absolutely, 100% untouched. Honest, Authentic. Original. Honest. From gifted
    Navajo
    tribal hands long ago. Exciting. Fresh. Strikingly beautiful.
    CONDITION:
    Good to Very Good overall antique condition. Two corner wool tassels have broken away and are now absent.