Native American, Exceptional Vintage Navajo Yei Weaving, by Lucy Farley (1940's-1994), Ca 1970's, #1480 Sold 390 Acquired some 40 years ago

Acquired some 40 years ago in a Kuwaiti City Souk from a Bedouin while on a business trip assessing environmental opportunities in the county

major pre-Columbian civilization known from ruins of the same name that are situated near the southern shore of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia

They were made by people who lived in cliff dwellings like those seen at Mesa Verde National Park - indeed at the Park

featuring a row of frontally-facing stylized stick figures dressed in ceremonial vestments and holding ritualistic implements

Native American, Exceptional Vintage Navajo Yei Weaving, by Lucy Farley (1940's-1994), Ca 1970's, #1480 Sold 390 Acquired some 40 years agoNative American, Exceptional Vintage Navajo Yei Weaving, by Lucy Farley (1940's 1994), Ca 1970's, #1480 Description: #1480 Native American, Exceptional Vintage Navajo Yei Weaving, by Lucy Farley (1940's 1994) , Ca 1970's, Woven by Lucy Farley in the Teec Nos Pos area of Northern Arizona. At the time she wove this piece, she was 45 years old and was the daughter of a still practicing Medical Man who was 104 years old. It took her 11 months to weave