Old Navajo Crystal Rug with Double Storm Design #97 SOLD

97. Navajo Weaving. 5'5" x 3'8". A very nicely executed old Crystal rug with a double storm design. Woven with native Churro and Merino sheep wool. Circa 1930's. Very good condition. ---------- A Brief Social History of Navajo Weaving and a bit of historical context for a popular contemporary collectible There is an ageless beauty to Navajo weaving. Navajo weavings are many things to people. Above all else, Navajo weavings are masterworks, regardless of whose criteria of art is used to judge them. They are evocative, timeless portraits which, like all good art, transcend time and space. Navajo weaving has captured the imagination of many not only because they are beautiful, well-woven textiles but also because they so accurately mirror the social and economic history of Navajo people. Succinctly, Navajo women wove their life experiences into the pieces. Navajo people tell us they learned to weave from Spider Woman and that the first loom was of sky and earth cords, with weaving tools o