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Yei Navajo Rug -

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Native Americana Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Yei Navajo Rug -
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3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
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Reno, NV 89502

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A black/tan bordered wool rug, 31 x 50,” with 8 Yei-Bi-Chai figures on a gray ground, six with turquoise faces looking to the right, and the figures on either end facing forward. The Yeis are Navajo gods responsible for healing and protection. Their human representatives in the dance are Yei-bi-Chais (sometimes Yei-Bi-Cheis), as in this pictorial weaving. The weaver is unknown. The rug was purchased in 1994 from the Adobe Gallery, now in Santa Fe, NM and was probably made c1960. Excellent condition. Fairbanks Collection - HKA#65398