Navajo Handwoven Miniature Pictorial Rug by E. Begay

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1. Navajo Handwoven Miniature Pictorial/Pastoral Rug 2. Handwoven by Elizabeth Begay 3. Tribal Afflition: Navajo 4. Dimensions: 5.00 inches Wide X 6.50 inches Long 5. Metal: None Involved 6. Materials: 100% Wool which has been re-spun to scale; Primarily Aniline Dyed with some Vegetal Dyed Wool for Weft 7. Hallmark: None 8. This is a NEW item. 9. This listing is in compliance with the 1990 Indian Arts and Crafts Act as well as New Mexico State Laws.10. Elizabeth Begay is a renown weaver of miniature Navajo Rugs. She is capable of making just about any of the patterns that were from one of the different named weaving areas, which is more for descriptive purposes than to locate geographically. She is a member of the extended family who began this miniature rug project, in 1975. This is one of her larger pictorial miniatures, which can also be described as a pastoral miniature rug, as well. The Navajo are considered to be pastoral people, primarily because they have flocks of sheep and goats, horses, and other domestic animals. Some of them have to move their flocks to other locations, a couple of times each year, which means that they may have more than one hogan to live in. Many people have been lead to believe that the Navajo Nation's Land Holdings (formerly called the Reservation), looks like the Monument Valley, since it has been read more

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