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c. 1930s LARGE Navajo Two Grey Hills Rug, 127
c. 1930s LARGE Navajo Two Grey Hills Rug, 127
c. 1930s LARGE Navajo Two Grey Hills Rug, 127
c. 1930s LARGE Navajo Two Grey Hills Rug, 127
c. 1930s LARGE Navajo Two Grey Hills Rug, 127
c. 1930s LARGE Navajo Two Grey Hills Rug, 127
c. 1930s LARGE Navajo Two Grey Hills Rug, 127
c. 1930s LARGE Navajo Two Grey Hills Rug, 127
c. 1930s LARGE Navajo Two Grey Hills Rug, 127

c. 1930s LARGE Navajo Two Grey Hills Rug, 127" x 74" (10'7" x 6'2") SOLD AS IS

$ 5966.4

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

    Description

    c. 1930s LARGE Navajo Two Grey Hills Rug, 127" x 74" (10'7"  x 6'2")
    This textile is in good condition.
    There is some edge wear, some wear to the weft, and some very minor spots and stains. One side is slightly faded The warp count is 8, and the weft count is 22 per inch.
    Ex Rex Arrowsmith Estate: Rex Arrowsmith was a long-time Native American trader and art dealer, who owned a shop in Santa Fe, New Mexico ‘Relics of the Old West,’ which opened off the Old Santa Fe Trail in 1950. He also participated as a judge at the Santa Fe Indian Market for many years and served as president of SWAIA, Southwestern Association for Indian Arts.
    Please reference item T90106-0214-024.
    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.