Hubbell style hand-woven wool Navajo rug, Ganado Trading Post, 35" x 23"

Description

Artist:
unknown
Origin:
USA, Navajo Reservations, NM, AZ, UT
Materials & Medium:
wool, dyes
Style/Form:
traditional
Dimensions:
35” x 23”
Date/Period:
unknown
Signature/Marking/Location:
none
Provenance:
our
grandmother purchased this item from the original seller and
left it to us in her will
Condition:
fair
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, edges needs repair
*
Fair is used when a work has been compromised through damage or restoration. It may be over-restored, lined, or retouched, but remains representative of the artist’s work or manufacturer’s intent
Description:
Black & red border bands on all sides, grey background, one large center design of a water bug with white, red, and black colors and geometric shapes; all shapes outlined in black; black, red, white geometric designs on each side of the central design; loosely woven, endings braided, sides sewn, 4 tassels, red spirit line.
Appraisal Details:
This item represents the Hubbell Navajo rug style of weaving. The Hubbell family members were traders who owned several trading posts on the Navajo Indian reservation. Ganado trading post was one of them. Hubbell, along with Moore, worked with Navajo weavers to improve the quality of Navajo rugs. Both men improved the quality of the wool, simplified the designs and produced catalogues of rug designs. This rug demonstrated the changes Hubbell made such as the use of red color, grey backgrounds and a central design. This rug is soft to the touch and needs selvage repairs. Based upon this information, the size, the Navajo tradition of weaving, the Hubbell innovations and the current market prices, it is 0.
- This item was appraised professionally by Dr. Leona Zastrow of Epic, Inc in Santa Fe, NM -
Dr. Zastrow specializes in appraising items made by American Indian artists, past and present: rugs, baskets, pottery, jewelry, paintings, prints, textiles, and sculpture. She is an international lecturer about American Indian art, United States, Europe and Canada
Education:
BA in math and science
MA in art education
PhD in Fine Arts administration
Appraisal Workshop in IRS Rules & regulations, 1999
Art & the Law Workshops: 1989 & 2011, 2013, 2016
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, 1998, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019
Theory And Methodology Certification- 8/2010
Professional Affiliations:
Certified Member of the Appraisers Association of America (1998 to present)
Rotary, 1993 to present,  (President, 1997-98), Major Donor to International Rotary Foundation, current President.
Southwest Association on Indian Affairs, Sponsors of Indian Market: Member, Judge, Board Member in 1980-91, member currently
Member of the Indian Arts and Crafts Association- ongoing, Board (2015)
Consultant for The Institute of American Indian Art- 4 yr. American Indian art college-
Member of Numerous American Indian museums: Heard, Wheelwright, Museum of Contemporary Indian Arts, Smithsonian, and New Mexico Indian Museum- ongoing memberships