This rug is a gorgeous example of fine Navajo artistry and is second to none. This incredible hand-woven traditional rug is made entirely from genuine wool. This is a very tight rug with a warp of 9-10 strands/inch and 30-32 wefts per linear inch. This rug has the Navajo Storm pattern, in which the center is the hogan and the number of figures inside represent the number of children the weaver has. At the corners are the sacred mountains and a trail connects the hogan to the sacred mountains. All of the wool for this rug has been hand-carded, spun and woven by Navajo rug weaver Sally Dickson, who often makes her own dyes. This rug has natural vegetable dyes. This gorgeous hand woven genuine Navajo rug is 50-1/2" by 29". You'll receive the rug in the pictures below.Sally Dickson (116849) has been weaving beautiful rugs for decades, since she taught herself as a young girl of 10. She uses all natural materials, like hand-carded wool and natural vegetable dyes, which she often makes herself, depending on the type of rug she's making. Sally makes extremely high-quality rugs with an exceptionally tight weave, and each rug takes 2 to 3 months to make on a loom. She makes rugs in many patterns, including the Storm pattern, the Yei-Bi-Cheii pattern, the 2 Grey Hills pattern, the Granada pattern, the simple pattern, etc.

This Authentic Vintage Navajo Indian Ganado Dazzler Wool Rug is a true one of a kind highly collectible piece of hand made Native American art. We estimate that this rug was made pre 1940s. It was made the traditional old fashioned way- spun by hand. This Navajo made rug was masterfully created from genuine wool. There's some wear which is natural. But, for a pre-40s rug it is in excellent condition. The southwestern Pueblo Indian Ganado Dazzler design was created from orange, red, black, and gray wool that was colored with dyes made from natural vegetation indigenous to the Navajo Indian reservation. This rug is a true one of a kind collectors item! This wool rug is 36" by 57".The Ganado style Navajo rug generally consists of one stepped diamond shaped center medallion or two connected stepped diamonds. Stepped and embellished triangles in each corner make up a quincunx pattern all surrounded by a geometric border. The colors consist of red, gray, ivory, black and sometimes brown. The predominant "Ganado red" color is colored with synthetic dyes as was the black color.