Pictorial Rug
by
Mary
Jackson
The Pictorial rug shows animals with ducks swimming
in the water. It is finely woven and the animation
pattern was a difficult design to weave. The rug
was made by Mary Jackson from Shiprock, New Mexico;
it measures
44" x 32"
Two Grey Hills by Arlene Tsosie
Two Grey Hills rugs are woven of natural, undyed
wool in designs of white, black and brown. The wool
is often fine, therefore requiring more weaving
time.
This particular rug is unusual in that it is a
combination of Two Grey Hills and a Yeibichai
design. The design on the sides contain kachinas,
kokopelli, masks and bears. It measures
5' 8-1/2" x 3' 5-1/2".
The rug was made by Arlene Tsosie from Chinle,
Arizona.
Pictorial Rug
by
Helen
Olson Chee
The Pictorial rug displays a part of Navajo
reality; a woven journal of features from a
weaver's life. Pictorial rugs are woven in colors
appropriate to the subject matter and without
perspective or shading. Sometimes the Pictorials
are referred to as "specialty rugs".
This
Pictorial was made by Helen Olson Chee from Many
Farms, it is symbolic of New Mexico and Arizona
rodeo with trucks, cowboys and the traditional
dressing.
It
measures
44" x 32"
Teec Nos Pos by Elsie Begay
The Teec Nos Pos name comes from a settlement in
the northeast corner of Navajo country and means
"Cottonwoods in a Circle".
It is always surrounded by a wide border which is
filled with a variety of motifs. This style of
Navajo rug is often large. The center is often
enhanced with feathers and arrows and the wide
borders frequently contain a "lightning path".
Measures
9' 3" x 5' 9".
The rug was made by Elsie Begay, who is from a
family of Navajo weavers; she lives in Rock Point,
New Mexico.
