Genuine Navajo Traditional Storm Pattern All-Natural Wool Rug - 50" x 29" by Navajo Weaver Sally Dickson.

This rug is a gorgeous example of fine Navajo artistry and is second to none. This incredible hand-woven traditional rug is made entirely from genuine wool. This is a very tight rug with a warp of 9-10 strands/inch and 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 inside represent the number of children the weaver has. At the corners are the sacred mountains and a trail connects the hogan to the sacred mountains. All of the wool for this rug has been hand-carded, spun and woven by Navajo rug weaver Sally Dickson, who often makes her own dyes. This rug has natural vegetable dyes. This gorgeous hand woven genuine Navajo rug is 50-1/2" by 29". You'll receive the rug in the pictures below.

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

According to Navajo (Dine') legend, it was the deity known as Spider Woman who taught a young Dine' shepherdess who was shivering from the cold the art of weaving upon a loom. After teaching her to sheer sheep, card, and spin wool Spider Woman told her: "My husband, Spider Man, constructed the weaving loom making the cross poles of sky and earth cords to support the structure; the warp sticks of sun rays, lengthwise to cross the woof; the heralds of rock crystal and sheet lightning to maintain original condition of fibers. For the batten, he chose a sun halo to seal joints, and for the comb he chose a white shell to clean strands in a combing manner." Spider Woman then warns the newly named Weaving Woman to "walk the Middle Way," keeping her life in balance and not to do too much of one thing. Good advice for someone taking on the challenge of weaving a large rug. Since Weaving Woman, the Dine' have always been accomplished weavers through the generations, hoping to pay proper homage to the Spider Woman and her husband.

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

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