The Navajo hold a giant place in the annals of Native American arts, and deservedly so. Around the time that Columbus discovered America, the Navajo were settling in what would become the southwestern ...

WILLIAMSBURG — For generations, Navajo women crafted colorful, boldly designed blankets and rugs on hand looms, drawing inspiration from everyday objects and the changing world around them. Six ...

The rug looked almost plain, a furry, off-white blotch in a room otherwise filled with richly colored pieces. The intricate patterns of the dozens of other rugs in the fall auction at the Smoki ...

Ruby Hubbard, a Navajo weaver at Hubbell Trading Post in Ganado, Arizona, started this Two Grey Hills rug in early July 2022. She plans to retire when it is complete, a process which usually takes ...

Rugs that once had a functional purpose now sold as decorative artwork for up to $300 a square meter. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; Skip to main Navigation; Skip to Search; Next.

Hank Blair looks for many things when choosing Navajo rugs for the next auction. The experienced trader and auctioneer considers age, patterns and authenticity, banking on his wealth of knowledge ...

The current trader wasn’t buying weavings, but the post had modern Navajo rugs for sale with patterns from former trading posts like Crystal, Wide Ruins, Teec Nos Pos, Two Gray Hills and samples ...

Lola Cody, Navajo, who won best of show with her textiles “Sands of No Water Mesa” rug during a ceremony at the Santa Fe Convention Center on Friday holds her granddaughter, Reese Cody, 21 months.

Ganado, Twills and Eyedazzlers are among the Navajo patterns featured in the temporary exhibit"Rising from Tradition: Navajo Rugs 1900-1977," currently on display at the Sioux City Public Museum ...

While stationed in Phoenix in the mid-1980s, I bought this rug for $500 from an officer whose mother wove Navajo rugs. The textile was made using natural yarns, which were hand-spun and dyed with ...