Antique Two Grey Hills Navajo Rugs
Most famously the medicine man hosteen klah made a series of sand painting rugs with the help of his mother and nieces between 1919 and 1936.
Antique two grey hills navajo rugs. Two grey hills navajo rugs. Two grey hills trading post over a century old and one of the few remaining historic posts on the navajo indian reservation is the primary source of authentic regional rugs and tapestries made of hand spun yarn from the fleece of naturally colored local sheep in shades of gray brown black and white they are known around the world as the finest in navajo weaving. Two grey hills is located on the east side of the chuska mountains in the new mexico portion of the navajo reservation. Sadie charlie two grey hills navajo handwoven rug single diamond 28 x 46 perrynulltradingco.
The colors in a classic two grey hills design will consist of black gray beige brown and cream. To get a solid black color weavers sometimes would over dye dark brown wool with black dye. The artistically complicated designs and fine hand spinning of the wool practiced by most weavers of the two gray hills area result in a finished rug of extremely fine quality. Two gray hills rugs are best known for their exclusive use of only natural wool colors the different browns and greys being produced in the carding of the wool.
Two grey hills navajo rugs are named as such because the style was developed in and the vast majority of these rugs are still created by weavers from the two grey hills region of the navajo reservation. Rugs furniture bedding bathroom outdoor gardening. Two grey hills navajo rugs for sale at nizhoni ranch gallery new items added regularly visit steve getzwiller s nizhoni ranch gallery online store for the best selection of navajo rug weaving and blankets for sale as well as native american art of all kinds. The two grey hills area is located between gallup and shiprock new mexico east of the chuska mountains.
Weavers of the two grey hills region utilized natural home spun un dyed yarns in typically highly geometric patterns. The birth of the two grey hills rugs began when traders and weavers worked together in the 1920s. A small number of weavers made sand painting rugs as early as the 1890s in the area around two grey hills. Two grey hills navajo indian rugs are known as weavings in which no colored dyes were used.
Instead weavers carefully combed and spun different natural colors of yarn to yield a beautiful range of creamy whites tans browns and greys.