Stunning Navajo Third Phase Chief's Blanket

Navajo Double Saddle Blanket, circa 1900. R.B. 71211 woven on front top half. Weaving measures 47 x 23 ¼ inches.

Vintage 1950s Pictorial Navajo Rug. Pictorial elements in this hand-woven textile include an African Zebra, tree, clouds and birds along with the words, "Africa Zebra". Woven of nat...

Large vintage Navajo Area Rug weaving from the Hubbell Trading Post in Ganado, Arizona (Southwestern United States). Woven of native hand-spun woo...

Vintage circa 1930 Navajo Trading Post Rug from Chinle, Arizona. Woven of native handspun wool in natural fleece colors of ivory (white) and brown with aniline dyed blue, red and yel...

Vintage circa 1920s - 1930s Diné Navajo rug, pan-reservation, Trading Post era. Woven in a diamond pattern of native hand spun wool in natural fleece colors of brown black, gray brow...

Antique Native American Zuni blanket with a classic design consisting of compound bands in a Moki style pattern. Alternating brown and indigo bands are oc...

On offer is a Navajo chief blanket of the third phase circa 1895-1920s. The chief blanket is the highest achievement of the Navajo textile develop...

A striking Navajo Fourth Phase rug/wall hanging. Heavy, densely woven wool in a red, black and orange geometric pattern on a cream and brown/grey ground, with orange edging. Lazy lin...

An early 20th-century high decorative American Navajo rug featuring a tribal design on a dazzling gray field. There is a light blue accent tone in the middle of the carpet Measu...

Vintage Mexican pictorial rug weaving with five Yei (Yeibichai) figures holding feathers. Woven of native hand-spun wool in natural fleece yarns ...

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...

Nice mid century South American tapestry with beautiful design with eagle and brown and yellow colors, entirely hand woven with wool on cotto...