Black, Red, Grey (Dine) Navajo Rug of Klagetoh Pattern [SOLD]

This Navajo floor rug is from the Klagetoh region of the Navajo Reservation and dates to the 1920s. It was woven entirely in homespun Rambouillet-cross fleeces of a natural palette with the exception for the aniline-dye red. It is typically Klagetoh in pattern and overall execution and features a large elongated diamond motif with an embellished meander contour and an interlocking interior motif in camel, aniline-red, and brown homespun.

The outer border is a plain band in brown that outlines an inner border of red, the four corners of which have elaborated stepped designs.

There is a brass button attached to one corner of the rug of the type placed on early rugs by traders that identified to the purchaser that it was an authentic Navajo rug. I have not yet been able to determine if the stamped lettering and numbers on the tag identify a specific trading post on the reservation or not (see the second detail image link to view this tag).