Tight weaves, straight lines and no fringe are a few of the characteristics of original Navajo rugs.© Provided by Antique Galleries of Palm Springs Antiques: A mid-year look at the trade and its ...

Brenda Spencer, a Navajo Indian weaver from Wide Ruins, Ariz. (about 12 miles north of Chambers), is very quiet. But her hands speak wonders as they work on a rug loom.

Prior to the Navajo's production of goods for sale, they made items for their own use. Blanket-weight weavings were used as garments, wraps, saddle blankets and door coverings, among other things.

While echoing Navajo symbolism in her designs, Greaves adds her own hallmark to the lower right-hand corner of her rugs: a tiny bat made of interlocking triangles.

This Navajo rug is for sale by Leonard Brown. It has whirling logs on it and an appraiser said it was from 1910. The symbol all but disappeared from Navajo artists’ wares after the 1930s, making ...

Object Details Author James, H. L (Harold L.) 1933- Contents History -- From sheep to rug -- Shiprock -- Lukachukai -- Teec Nos Pos -- Crystal -- Two Gray hills -- Chinle -- Ganado -- Wide ruins -- ...