Featured in this lot is this Navajo 12 figural Yei Be Chai woven rug circa 1960 - 1970. The rug features a wonderfully and professionally crafted wool construction that shows a beautifully decorated design with 12 figural with great coloration and a black border that shows white tassels and the weave and weft shows a finely woven design that shows a stepped field of off white and light brown with the figural showing coloration of deep blue, purple, red, yellow, light green, and medium green that shows them all facing the same way except the the figural on the ends. The Yei Navajo rugs begin in the Northwest corner of the reservation, in the early part of the 20 century Developed by Will Evans Trader and owner of the Shiprock trading Company. Yei are religious deities taken from the Navajo Sand paintings. Less common are the Yeibichai weavings. These weavings depict Navajo dancers impersonating Yei in Human form. In the actual Navajo ceremony there are 14 dancers, The Talking God, six male dancers six female dancers and Water Sprinkler The God of precipitated Waters. The condition of this Navajo rug is good with some fraying to the edge of the white wool but otherwise shows good overall condition. The measurements of this rug is 31" x 45". The thread count of this rug is 198 threads per square inch.