Helen Manygoats, Rugs, Two Gery Hills, Navajo Handwoven, 34" x 44.5"

Helen Manygoats, Rugs, Two Gery Hills, Navajo Handwoven, 34" x 44.5"Two Grey Hills Toadlena Two Grey Hills Toadlena style textiles are known for their exceptionally tight weave, handspun natural wool and distinctive coloring in subtle shades of tan, grey, cream and brown. These defining features, combined with elaborate layouts of single or double diamonds, complex storm patterns, geometric elements and intricate borders, make them unique. In the early 1900s the Two Grey Hills Toadlena style emerged on the eastern

Two Grey Hills/Toadlena

Two Grey Hills/Toadlena style textiles are known for their exceptionally tight weave, handspun natural wool and distinctive coloring in subtle shades of tan, grey, cream and brown. These defining features, combined with elaborate layouts of single or double diamonds, complex storm patterns, geometric elements and intricate borders, make them unique.

In the early 1900s the Two Grey Hills/Toadlena style emerged on the eastern side of the Chuska range, borrowing heavily from the Oriental rug patterns of Crystal trader JB Moore. After 1910, however, with the support of trader Ed Davies at Two Grey Hills and George Bloomfield at Toadlena, area weavers developed a regional style distinctly their own.

Over the past century Two Grey Hills and Toadlena Trading Posts have showcased numerous master weavers such as Daisy Taugelchee, Bessie Manygoats and Clara Sherman. Today, equally talented artists continue in the tradition of their mothers and grandmothers, creating exceptional works of beauty with technical expertise.