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RARE EARLY 20TH C NAVAJO NAT AM SM 18"x18" RED/SEPIA/CREAM/GRN HND WVN WOOL RUG
$ 363
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SCARCEEARLY 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.