BackNavajo Pictorial Twin Rocks Rug - Eleanor Yazzie (#112)
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Navajo Rugs
31" x 37"
Carnelda Benally and her well-known mother, Eleanor Yazzie, have chosen the iconic Twin Rocks as the theme for one of their pictorial rugs. Symbolizing the Navajo Hero Twins, Monster-slayer and Born-for-Water, these monuments have monumental meaning. Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind weaving. They’ll never be another one like it.
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About the artist:
Eleanor was born in 1963 at Keams Canyon, Arizona to Joe and Ella Benally. She has two sisters and five brothers. When visiting her grandmother on her mother's side who lived at Smoke Signal, she would watch her weave. Her grandmother, Bah Begay, especially loved weaving storm pattern rugs. Eleanor helped her grandmother who, at that time, made handspun rugs. Eleanor learned every step from shearing the sheep to washing and dyeing the wool to spinning the yarn. Because her grandmother especially loved the storm pattern weavings, this style was the first type woven by Eleanor. Her mastery of complex geometrics and diagonal lines comes from this experience in weaving the storm pattern.
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Navajo Rugs See all items in this categoryRelated legends:
Hero Twins/Monster Slayer
Monster Slayer
and Child-of-the-water are the War Gods, having been transformed from earthly
beings. They are ye'i, at least in the sense that they are impersonated by masked
dancers, but are perhaps in a class by themselves. More about this legend
