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Products > Navajo Rugs > Navajo Pictorial Rugs
The tradition of picture weaving is longstanding. In the Charles G. Mull collection, a pictorial dated 1880-90 shows two hogans, one horse, and thirteen letters of the alphabet. In the Southwestern textile collection of the Museum of Man in San Diego is a priceless pictorial rug, which exemplifies the wit, charm, and practical limitations of Navajo pictorial weaving. The representation is a Sante Fe train. Smoke billows from the locomotive. A caboose brings up the rear. Birds soar above, and tracks lie below. Between are Pullman cars. Apparently some informant only partially explained how paleface people traveled cross-country in sleeping cars. The berths are correctly positioned upper and lower, but the passengers are shown sleeping standing up.