Two Grey Hills Navajo Rug
Navajo: Two Grey Hills, hand spun wool - warp and wet: solid border - 13/8" wide - black; second border - natural blended white wool; center motif or panes - aniline dyed - red; outer designs evolve into complexities, with arrays of architectural groupings ( Charcoal gray with white outlines; white with black outlines; red with gray or black outlines) that focus on the center panel. Lesser groupings (red with black or gray outlines) are balanced in the corners and on long slides of borders. Background field: Natural, blended gray.
- Object: Two Grey Hills Navajo Rug
- Artist: Evelyn Yazzie
- Circa: 1965
- Dimensions: 36" x 48"
- Culture Area: Southwest
- Cultural Group: Navajo / Diné
- Cultural Context: Made for sale. A short distance north of two gray hills lies a small trading center called Tocito (hot springs). Here a small group of weavers are recalling some early techniques and have begun modifying the standard two gray hills natural wool tones by inserting some aniline dyes into the weave. The dyed yarn will occupy the center eye of the pattern and possibly lesser usages in the corner panels.
- Donor: Dolores Thomasson
- Catalog #: 98.062