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"Love Me" Navajo Weaving

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Art - Weaving Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD
 Love Me  Navajo Weaving
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Handspun rug in natural, tan, brown and red, with a central Maltese cross design, Greek key corners, stepped diamonds and the words “LOVE ME” and “JOVE ME”. Whether or not the “J” is intentional or simply a backwards “L” and an accident, is debatable. Circa 1920-30, 66" x 38".

Literature: “Navajo Pictorial Weaving, 1880-1950, Folk Art Images of Native Americans,” by Campbell & Kopp, pictured on page 117.