Lot 234

Navajo Wide Ruins Crownpoint Trading Post Rug 1950

Estimate: $400 - $800

Bid Increments

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$0 $5
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
The rug is a fine Navajo Native American Indian wool rug with an excellent Wide Ruins pattern from weaver Emma Homer. The Wide Ruins trading post was founded by Sally and William Lippincott in the 1940’s in Wide Ruins, Arizona. Wide Ruin rugs are characterized by the high quality 100% wool with all-natural vegetable dyes having a very fine, tightly spun weave of soft colors, with this rug being a very nice example with all the true attributes. The rug shows a linear Wide Ruins pattern which is similar to that of a banded Chinle or banded Crystal. The vegetable dyed colors include brown, tan, yellow, grey, cream and black. The rug dates to the mid-20th Century 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. The rug shows the original Crownpoint Rug Weavers Assn. Crownpointm, New Mexico manila tag which is hand written / signed by weaver Emma Homer. Provenance: From a 90-year collection out of Central Arizona in the Coconino National Forest. The rug measures 22"x40".