This rug is a gorgeous example of fine Navajo artistry and is second tonone. This incredible hand-woven traditional rug is made entirely fromgenuine wool. This is a very tight rug with a warp of 9-10 strands/inchand 30-32 wefts per linear inch. This rug has the Navajo Storm pattern,in which the center is the hogan and the number of figures insiderepresent the number of children the weaver has. At the corners are thesacred mountains and a trail connects the hogan to the sacredmountains. All of the wool for this rug has been hand-carded, spun andwoven by Navajo rug weaver Sally Dickson, who often makes her own dyes.This rug has natural vegetable dyes. This gorgeous hand woven genuineNavajo rug is 50-1/2" by 29". You'll receive the rug in the picturesbelow.

Sally Dickson (116849) has been weaving beautiful rugsfor decades, since she taught herself as a young girl of 10. She usesall natural materials, like hand-carded wool and natural vegetabledyes, which she often makes herself, depending on the type of rug she'smaking. Sally makes extremely high-quality rugs with an exceptionallytight weave, and each rug takes 2 to 3 months to make on a loom. Shemakes rugs in many patterns, including the Storm pattern, theYei-Bi-Cheii pattern, the 2 Grey Hills pattern, the Granada pattern,the simple pattern, etc.

According to Navajo (Dine') legend, it was the deityknown as Spider Woman who taught a young Dine' shepherdess who wasshivering from the cold the art of weaving upon a loom. After teachingher to sheer sheep, card, and spin wool Spider Woman told her: "Myhusband, Spider Man, constructed the weaving loom making the crosspoles of sky and earth cords to support the structure; the warp sticksof sun rays, lengthwise to cross the woof; the heralds of rock crystaland sheet lightning to maintain original condition of fibers. For thebatten, he chose a sun halo to seal joints, and for the comb he chose awhite shell to clean strands in a combing manner." Spider Woman thenwarns the newly named Weaving Woman to "walk the Middle Way," keepingher life in balance and not to do too much of one thing. Good advicefor someone taking on the challenge of weaving a large rug. SinceWeaving Woman, the Dine' have always been accomplished weavers throughthe generations, hoping to pay proper homage to the Spider Woman andher husband.

Woodco understand the true value and nature of hand crafted Indian art.And, we recognize that it is important to know that the artist is trulya member of a Native American tribe. So, to ensure you that this is thereal deal, a Certificate of Authenticity has been included with this item.

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Product SKU: Item: R-0001-252759-RUG