Old Navajo Rugs
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Old navajo rugs. Enhance your home or any space with a fine art piece of history. The selection has been carefully chosen for quality and value and reflects our thirty years of experience in collecting navajo rugs. The weavers skill and artistry the connection of the rugs to the landscape and torrey s proximity to navajoland grant the rugs a prominent place in the gallery. Shiprock santa fe gallery located on the historic santa fe plaza is rooted in the rich artistry cultures and traditions of the navajo and other native american tribes of the southwest.
Old native american rugs for sale. All of these old navajo rugs are in excellent condition and ready to display in your home or office. So look no further. The historic period of navajo rug weavings really began in the very early 1700s and ran all the way to the 1850s.
Owning your own navajo weaving is owning an important part of american history. Charley has hand picked this large collection of navajo rugs for you. For 600 under contemporary and historic navajo rugs use the main links in the left sidebar. Taking inspiration from the navajo legend of shiprock a sacred volcanic rock formation believed to have once been a great winged bird that carried the navajo peoples to northwestern new mexico the gallery.
Native american blankets rugs and weavings of the pueblos all suffered declines revivals but no southwestern rug or blanket has ever rivaled the native american blanket of the navajo in popularity. The history of navajo rugs is a long one that has threatened to end many times and yet has still revived. With nizhoni ranch gallery you get access to one of the world s largest selections of authentic navajo rugs available for sale today. Antique native american navajo rug teec nos pos red mesa 46 x 72 hand woven 900 00 excellent condition vintage fine weave navajo natural rug 33 5 x 20 5 c 1960.
Navajo blankets are fine examples of native american indian art. The blanket wasn t retrieved from the cave until much later as it was considered taboo for navajos to enter the holy cave. The oldest surviving navajo rug is a so called massacre cave blanket dated to around 1804 when a group of navajo people seeking refuge in the holy cave canyon de chelley were shot and killed by the spanish. If you are you looking for genuine navajo rugs for sale you have found them.