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Yei Navajo Rugs
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Blue Headed Yeibeichei Navajo Textile
$950 40.5" x55.5" circa 1970 Weaving depicts Navajo Nightway ceremony with Ten Dancers wearing Blue masks,two eagle feathers , Fox Tails, dance arm bands, carrying rattles in right hand and evergreen twig in left (One with Jocla Necklace), Talking God in front with white mask,feather headress, white deer pelt, and squirrel pelt in right hand, Watersprinker at rear, with feather headress, and kit fox pelt. 16 warps per square inch and 66 wefts per square inch. Has a canvas strip on the backside for hanging the textile. Condition is excellent. Yei pattern rugs feature images of the Holy People drawn from ceremonial sand paintings but do not recreate an entire painting. The closely related Yeibechai rugs show Navajo dancers in the act of portraying Yeis in ceremonies. Typically, the Yeis are highly stylized figures with elongated bodies, short straight legs, and heads facing the viewer. Yebechais have somewhat more human proportions, usually face sideways, and often have legs bent in a dancing motion. The earliest Yei rugs usually included one or two large Yei figures oriented vertically, i.e. parallel with the warp. In some cases, small Yei images were included in rugs with geometric patterns or other pictorial elements. Though quite rare, these early types were made over a period of nearly four decades, falling out of favor by the 1930s. In the 1910s, a very small number of weavers made single figure type rugs which portrayed not the Navajo Yei, but rather Hopi Katsina figures with characteristic tableta headdresses.The more common types of Yei and Yeibechai rugs feature multiple figures oriented parallel with the weft threads so that the rug appears wider than long when the figures are upright. Two distinct styles emerged in the 1920s. Those made in the area of Shiprock, New Mexico tend to have light colored backgrounds with no border, and often use brightly colored commercial yarns. Yeis and Yeibechais made in the central part of the reservation, in northeastern Arizona, tend to have dark backgrounds with simple borders. They are more likely to incorporate natural wool colors and more subdued chemical shades. Yeis continue to be very popular with collectors and are now being made in nearly all parts of the reservation T90450-018-018  Order pieceBlue Headed Yeibei... 
Navajo Yei Rug with Dalutso Dragonfly People and Rainbow God
$1,150 42" x80" circa 1930 It only has some minor bleeding around the orange areas. It is in otherwise great condition. T90776-129-001 Order pieceNavajo Yei Rug with... 
Navajo Yeibeichei Rug 
Shiprock Yei
$3,200 69.5" x83" circa 1920 Very unusual large Navajo Yei Textile with six Saltillo design elements between Yei figures which makes it a wonderful collectors piece. The three Yei wear turquoise earrings, Jocla necklaces, dance kilts, sashes and bands on legs. The border is accented with white and grey diamond elements. Original Colorado family since collected in the 1920's. Two of the figures and several of the Saltillo elements have very light bleed, very subtle. Selvage and corner tassels intact. One old area of repair in the red border. Owner has authorized us to reduce the price from $3,900 to $3,200. T91945A-097-001 Order pieceShiprock Yei 
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$305 24" x41.5" 1980 Collected on the Navajo Reservation during the 1980's. Original Owner coach at Red Mesa. Minor staining from candle wax on one side. T91870-118-002 Order pieceYei 
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$835 48" x29.5" c. 1930 Four Figure Yei rug. Figures holding arrows and adorned with traditional jewelry to include earrings, Jocla necklaces and stylized concho belts. T90308A-079-101 Order pieceYei 
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$140 17" x34" 1910 Condition - One figure has hole between brown dress and blue skirt visible in photographs. There is a second smaller hole in the reddish area below one of the figures elbow also visible in photograph.One end has loose selvage at both corners. T90148-0110-007 Order pieceYei 
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$885 34" x56" 1930 One hole in left lower corner, close up image provided, also on opposite right lower corner approx 2 inch area of selvage loose. Textile has been priced accordingly. These areas can be restored by our textile weaver as an optional service, please call for quote.This textile has been professionally cleaned by a specialist in Navajo textiles. Colors are vibrant with no fading. T90148-0110-006 Order pieceYei
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