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*Two Grey-Hills Style Navajo Rug

Item Number
191
Estimated Value
1200 USD
Sold
700 USD to ccb1be93f
Number of Bids
5  -  Bid History

Item Description

Alice Begay as is stated on the certificate of authenticity (COA) is the weaver. The Navajo Rug was purchased at the Hubbell Trading Post in Ganado Arizona in 2001.

Dimensions are 29" x 39". This rug has never been walked on or laid on the floor. See photos.

*History of the Two Grey Hills style: 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 fiber 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.

Item Special Note

Donated by USA CCF Board of Directors, Susan Janin

COA is included!

International bidders will be responsible for covering all costs of shipping. 

Ships free in the USA only, unless the winner chooses to cover shipping. If so, notify Dionne Stein by email at dionne@cheetah.org.