Lot 235

Navajo Female Yei or Yeibichai Crownpoint Rug 1900

Estimate: $300 - $600

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This is an excellent Navajo Native American Indian wool rug with an excellent female Yei pattern dating to the early 1900’s. The rug shows three female Yei or Yeibichai figures all holding a single feather and dance wand in each hand with a unique widened skirt and banded ends of grey and black with cream / white separation lines. The background of the rug shows a cream or white with the Yei figures being in grey with black outlines, red feet and orange necks. All the colors are in natural dyes and the wool is tightly woven. The rug dates to the early to mid 1900’s and is from the Crownpoint Rug Weavers Association. In circa 1950-1960’s the Crownpoint Rug Weavers Association founded the Crownpoint Rug Auction which is still in operation today. No tag presents Provenance: From a 90-year collection out of Central Arizona in the Coconino National Forest. The rug measures 33" x 20 1/2"
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