Navajo Storm Pattern Rug with Water Bug Motifs, c.1930

Item: AOR5442C
Material:
Size: 67" x 45"
Period: Historic
Origin: Navajo

This is an early to mid 20th century Navajo textile with a Storm Pattern design hand woven in native hand spun wool in natural ivory, dark brown, hand carded grey, and hand dyed aniline red and orange. The design in the field is typical of the earliest storm pattern textiles and is definitely based on the J.B. Moore plate design that was published in his earliest catalogs. A central box is connected with stepped lines to box motifs in each of the four corners, with whirling logs and water bugs above and below the central design and all motifs are on a grey field. The border is composed of stacked water bug motifs with bars between paired sets. This textiles is published in "The Navajo Weaving Tradition: 1650 to the Present" by Alice Kaufman & Christopher Selser.

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