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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... 
Marietta White - Navajo Yei Rug
$2,800 34" x48" circa 2006 This weaving is in excellent condition and has a very tight weave. We acquired it from the original owner who purchased it from Packard's in January 2006 for $5,000. Included with the rug are photo-copies of the original Packard's tag and a photograph of the weaver. The weaver is the daughter of Ruby White, who is a weaver featured in "The Weavers Way: Navajo Profiles" by Carter Allen. A photo-copy of the page showing Ruby White is also included. It states that Marietta is her daughter. T90282A-1211-001 Order pieceMarietta White - Na... 
Miniature Navajo Ye... 
Navajo Shiprock Yei Textile
$1,000 31" x46" circa 1930 This weaving has one strip of velcro, which was safely sewed onto one side, for displaying on the wall. T90344A-0511-002 Order pieceNavajo Shiprock Yei... 
Navajo Yei Rug 
Navajo Yei Textile
$840 30.5" x34" c.1930 This 1930s Navajo rug features one female Yei dancer with a Rainbow God encircling 3 sides of the weaving. Rainbow God is a guardian god for protection, and the open side of the weaving is traditionally faced to the east, where one's hogan doorway is open. The two cornstalks used in between the figures symbolizes life, as it is a food source and the same yellow color as the sun. Hence, corn is used in many ceremonies. Yei pattern rugs feature images of the Holy People drawn from ceremonial sand paintings but do not recreate an entire painting. The closely related Yei and Yeibeichei 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. Usually, square heads are female dancers, while round heads are male dancers. Yeibeicheis 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 Yeibeichei 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, as shown in this weaving. Yeis and Yeibeicheis 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. T92390-0411-101 Order pieceNavajo Yei Textile 
Navajo Yei Textile by Lilly Yazzie
$250 18" x22" Includes the original Fred Harvey company tag showing the weaver's name. T91001-0311-003 Order pieceNavajo Yei Textile ... 
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Yei
$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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