Authentic Navajo Hand Woven YEI rug 25\" x 40\" Wool Six Women Detailed Design For Sale

Authentic Navajo hand woven rug in beautiful Yei design, colors of black, red, grey, green, browns finely wove in wool with four-cornered tassels

25\" x 40\" (not including four tassels). This rug was purchased from a Navajo Gallery in the 1990\'s, the original artist is now unknown, clearly of exceptional quality, finely detailed and unique design.

“Yei” (pronounced “yay”) is the Navajo name for the benevolent supernatural beings who bring their healing power to medicinal ceremonies still performed today. In fact, they were first portrayed in traditional sandpainting designs created for these ceremonies, but the modern Yei rug is more of a pictorial composition, showing a row of the front- facing stylized stick figures. Between the Yeis cornstalks, feathers and arrows may appear, and a Rainbow Guardian often surrounds and protects the figures on three sides, indicating the sandpainting roots of this particular style

Rug is in excellent clean condition- it has never been hung or displayed, stored carefully and free of wear, fading, or odors.