Teec Nos Pos Pictorial Navajo Rug Weaving : Slocum Klah : 24 Cans: PC 14 : 64" x 97" : (5'4" x 8'1")

Teec Nos Pos Navajo rug for sale.  Extremely tight and finely woven.  Would be fine for the floor or wall.  Very subtle color combinations, with fine details. This piece is highly unusual in that it has the words "24 cans" woven into it.  The words are woven in forward and reverse text so that it would be legible from either side. This would likely have been a custom commissioned piece.  It would be interesting to know the meaning behind "24 cans" wouldn't it?  There were 24 cans of beers to a case.  The beverage bottling industry was expanding.  Perhaps the words referred to a favorite soda or beer? Using a background of lovely variegated natural brown and cream Lincoln wools (look at that gorgeous dark brown coloring), Slocum hand-carded, hand-spun, and hand-dyed the wool to get the lovely colors of green, red, and yellow.  Of the designs and symbols you will find tiny thunderbirds, Spiderwoman crosses, stylized squash blossoms, and belted diamonds.  The central diamond row is border