Glenna Bah Hardy - Navajo Wide Ruins Rug, c. 1960s-70s, 75" x 57"
This weaving is in good condition. There is one small hole near a corner, approximately 1/8" in size. There are no signs of moth grazing. There is some minor spotting to the center. The selvage is good and the corners are intact, though they are slightly curled. The warp count is 8, and the weft count is 36, per inch.
Acquired from a private collection in Texas.
Please reference item T5083.
Starting in
the 1940s, the owners of the trading post at Wide Ruins, Arizona – Sally and
William Lippincott - worked with the weavers in their area to develop highly
detailed banded patterns rendered in vegetal dyes. Most Wide Ruins rugs are
characterized by very fine, tightly spun yarns and a flat, even weave. They
feature the full range of new vegetal colors including soft green, mauve, terra
cotta, and pale purple, pink and blue as well as the more common yellow, gold,
brown, and tan. Black is rare in Wide Ruins weavings. The designs look like
finely rendered, small-scale versions of Chinle and Modern Crystal rugs, and
often incorporate narrow bands of the wavy line motif.
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 and Art of the West.
Before purchasing
please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have about the
condition of this item; we are happy to send additional images.
Ancita Begay, Navajo Handwoven Rug, Storm Pattern, Ganado Red Colors, 42" x 29"
Beyond the similarity in tradition and technique, however, various regions throughout the Reservation have created their own distinctive rug styles. Two Grey Hills rugs are prized for their fine tapestry weaves in natural shades of grey, black, cream and brown. Ganado Red rugs are sought for their boldness of color and geometric design. Lorenzo Hubbell introduced the vibrant red aniline dye at his Ganado Trading Post in the late 1800's. Wide Ruins and Burntwater rugs are outstanding examples of finely spun, vegetal dyed wool in intricate and interlocking patterns. Sage, rabbit brush, wild onion, parsley, wildflowers and numerous root stocks provide the source for the soft rainbow of colors.The Yei and Yei Bi Chei rugs of the Shiprock and Lukachukai areas are colorful weavings representing spiritual deities and the Yei Bi Chei dancers of the winter Nightway Ceremony. Other rug styles include Klagetoh, modern Crystal, saddle blankets, Tree of Life and the Chief rug with its wide bands of red, white and indigo blue. The popular Storm Pattern with its lightning streaks reaching out to the Four Corners of the earth.
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