Jeff Benally, Ganado Red Weaving, Diamond, Navajo Handwoven, 43" x 30"
In 1878 Juan Lorenzo Hubbell began his legendary career as a trader in Ganado, AZ. With an abiding appreciation for Navajo art and culture, Hubbell set out to restore Navajo weaving to its Classic Period of excellence, a time when Navajo textiles were the best, finest, tightest and most valuable in the land.
Hubbell admired the crimson red of old bayeta cloth and encouraged Ganado weavers to use a similar rich color – hence the origin of the name – Ganado Red. He also favored grey, brown, black, white and indigo. Early Ganado patterns were often Classic Revivals with Moki stripes and floating crosses. However, after 1910, the more popular Ganado rugs were large, black bordered textiles with red or grey backgrounds, and central design elements of terraced diamonds or crosses. These rugs included motifs such as latch hooks, terraced zigzags, swastikas and stepped triangles.
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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.
