Navajo Rug Making

Taken from an original oil painting by the noted cowboy artist and poet, L. H. “Dude” Larsen.

This picture gives a complete panorama of the Navajo rug weaving as the work is done by the squaws. One is herding the sheep in the background; another is shearing the sheep as the wool is needed for the rugs; others are carding, spinning and dyeing the wool, while the squaw in the foreground is weaving a beautiful rug.