This lot features a Navajo Yei rug form the Lukachukai area. The Yei Navajo rugs begin in the Northwest corner of the reservation, in the early part of the 20 century Developed by Will Evans Trader and owner of the Shiprock trading Company. Yei are religious deities taken from the Navajo Sand paintings. But these weavings do not have any religious significance. In these weavings the male Yei have round heads & the female Yei have square heads. The Lukachukai area is west and south of the Lukachuka mountains from Shiprock. The Yei and Yeibichai weavings of this area are usually of a larger size, less colorful, made with hand spun wool and the backgrounds are much darker that in the Shiprock Yeis & Yeibichais. The rug is in good condition for its age. Measures: 62" L x 32" W

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