Yei Be Chei

NAVAJO YEI RUG

Navajo Yei Rugs

The Navajo Yei rug comes from the Shiprock region of the Navajo reservation. That region extends from Shiprock southwest to Rattlesnake and Redrock. After the turn of the twentieth century, Will Evans of Shiprock Trading Company asked the weavers of the region to portray Yeis, the supernatural beings who communicate between the Navajo people and their gods into their weavings. The first Yei rugs were woven as taboo, because the figures were taken from sacred sand paintings from healing ceremonies. Navajo Yei rugs are not used in Navajo worship, they are not prayer rugs.
The Navajo Yei rug has a white or light colored background. There are three to six Yei figures in a rug. The Yeis are tall and slender bearing ceremonial appearances. The Yei's face normally faces outward. The rugs may have a border, but most Yei rugs do not have a border. In the elaborate Yei rugs, three sides of the rug are marked off by the elongated body of the "Rainbow Goddess."

Yei Bi Chei woven by Laura Brown  NACE Price: $243.00	Yei Bi Chei Rug Woven by Cecelia Walker  NACE Price: $1,215.00	Navajo Yei Bi Chei Rug by Marrisa Jones  NACE Price: $284.00
Navajo Yei Bi Chei Rug by Alice Steven  NACE Price: $243.00	Navajo Yei Bi Chei Rug by Grace Beall  NACE Price: $264.00	Navajo Yei Bi Chei Rug by Alice S. Steven  NACE Price: $324.00
Navajo Yei Bi Chei Rug by Marissa Jones  NACE Price: $365.00