Diné [Navajo] Toadlena/Two Grey Hills Textile, ca. 1946-1959
handspun wool, natural and aniline dyes
this elegant, finely woven rug features areas of turquoise blue dyed yarn, which according to Mark Winter's research, the reason the Toadlena/Two Grey Hills weavers put turquoise accents in their rugs was to satisfy Willard Leighton, the trader at the Two Grey Hills Post from 1946 until 1959.
84 x 59 in. (213.36 x 149.86 cm.)
Private Collection, San Francisco, California
American Renaissance Gallery, Santa Fe, 2005
Private Collection, Texas

Literature:
Mark Winter, The Master Weavers: Celebrating One Hundred Years of Navajo Textile Artists from the Toadlena/Two Grey Hills Weaving Region, The Historic Toadlena Trading Post, 2011, p. 543.

The weaving is in overall very good condition. Sides A and B equal in coloration and toning. Minor bleeding and repairs to both ends.

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