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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 279833, member: 45"]It's probably a Klagatoh or Ganado, rather than Two Grey Hills. </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the distinguishing features of Two Grey Hills is the use of only natural colors of white, tans, browns and black. Red was/is particularly avoided, perhaps as a rejection of its wide use in other Navajo regions in the late 1800s, early 1900s, especially at Ganado. </p><p><br /></p><p>The other main distinguishing feature of Two Grey Hills is the fineness of the weave. While the average Navajo rug may have 30 weft stitches per inch, the average Two Grey Hills will have 40-60 or many more. The finest Navajo rug ever woven was 135, by the famous Two Grey Hills weaver Daisy Taugelchee, who wove several rugs of 115+ weft stitches per inch. </p><p><br /></p><p>This rug looks more loosely woven than a Two Grey Hills would be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 279833, member: 45"]It's probably a Klagatoh or Ganado, rather than Two Grey Hills. One of the distinguishing features of Two Grey Hills is the use of only natural colors of white, tans, browns and black. Red was/is particularly avoided, perhaps as a rejection of its wide use in other Navajo regions in the late 1800s, early 1900s, especially at Ganado. The other main distinguishing feature of Two Grey Hills is the fineness of the weave. While the average Navajo rug may have 30 weft stitches per inch, the average Two Grey Hills will have 40-60 or many more. The finest Navajo rug ever woven was 135, by the famous Two Grey Hills weaver Daisy Taugelchee, who wove several rugs of 115+ weft stitches per inch. This rug looks more loosely woven than a Two Grey Hills would be.[/QUOTE]
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