Navajo
Rug Weaving by Mary Yazzie
Sandpainting: Big
Medicine
42 1/2"
x 31 1/4"
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Generally speaking,
pictorial weavings are a reflection of the world as the weaver
sees it, usually depicting her immediate environment. But as
the world around the weavers has changed, so have the pictorials.
From scenes of traditional reservation life, to trains, trading
posts, and trucks, the subject matter of pictorials could almost
be interpreted as a visual history of life on the reservation
over the past Century. |
Sandpainting rugs, first woven
by Navajo Medicine Man Hosteen Klah in the 1920's, are woven
representations of traditional Navajo healing designs. They are
most certainly the rarest of all Navajo rug styles, as many weavers
today will not weave them.
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