David Cook Galleries North and South American Rugs

A nicely made, handwoven Navajo rug. Would be a nice addition to your Native American collection or eye-catching accent piece. Dimensions: 38" high, 48" wide.

A nicely hand loomed Native American (likely Navajo) rug. Wonderfully designed with vivid colors and geometrical patterns. Would make for a nice additio...

Navajo rug flat woven rug tapestry beige Measures: 4' x6' (3'11" x 5'7") 119cm x 170cm Circa 1920 "The woolen rug has a white background color on which are three stylized figures on each side of a center cornstalk. All are surrounded on three sides by a "guardian "figure - one side is the head and the body - the other side are the legs. The rug is a Navajo Yei rug. All the figures are holding prayer sticks; there are feathers attached to the elbows of the figures in a vertical line. The colors of the rug are white, red, maroon, blue, tan, brown, grey, orange, rust and gold. The most common type of Navajo Yei rug are those with a white background color. Navajo Yei rugs were made at Lukachukai or in the Shiprock area or even Ganado. It is a fact that a Navajo Yei rug with many Yei figures and many colors will garner the highest value. While Yei rugs are technically woven for the floor, they were often placed on couches, or hung on the wall like paintings, few actually touched the ground. The Yei figure is a frequently used pattern in Navajo rugs. Male Yei figures are generally pictured with round heads, and female Yei figures with square heads. Modern Yei rugs are more often pictorial compositions, showing a row of front-facing stylized stick figures with a Rainbow Guardian which protects the figures on three sides, indicating the sand painting roots of this particular style. The Yei rug portrays ceremonies on a desire for healing, not only physical health, but also mental, spiritual, and even material well-being. The "Holy People...

an early 20th century American Navajo blanket rug Details rug no. r5834 size 1' 4" x 3' 1" (41 x 94 cm)

Seven figure pictorial Yei weaving. Bright colors, hand dyed yarns over natural cream background. Very little if any wear. Beautiful weaving! Great for floor or wall. Origin: Navajo...

78746 Antique Ganado Navajo-Style Kilim, 04'00 x 05'07. Fashioned by skilled weavers in the Ganado region of northeastern Arizona, Ganado Navajo-style kilims are meticulously crafted...

78424 Antique Crystal Navajo-Style Kilim Rug, 02'05 x 03'05. Woven in the shadow of the Chuska Mountains, where dawn spills gold across red earth and juniper hills, this handwoven an...

78801 Vintage New Mexico Chimayo Rug, 01'08 x 03'03. Chimayo rugs are traditional handwoven textiles from Chimayo, a village in northern New Mexico,...

78788 Vintage Mexican Saltillo Serape Blanket, 04'03 x 07'00. Mexican Saltillo wool serape blankets are traditional textiles from Saltillo, Co...

78747 Antique Ganado Navajo-Style Kilim, 02'10 x 05'00. Handcrafted in the Ganado region of northeastern Arizona, Ganado Navajo-style kilims are woven using locally obtained wool, tr...

78752 Antique Transitional Navajo-Style Kilim, 02'01 x 03'05. Transitional Navajo-style kilims, woven during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mark a period of cultural change ...

Navajo Crystal area weaving with stylized feathers on sides, "T" on each end, five borders. Very graphic. 5'5" x 8'7". Very little if any wear. Origin: Navajo, Southwest Period: Cir...