The Storm Pattern traces its origins to one of the most important legends in Navajo culture: the creation of the Navajo homeland. In the blanket’s center is the first house, or Hogan, in which the people began to arrange their world. It is surrounded by four sacred mountains, symbolized on the blanket by rectangles near each corner. The Storm Pattern weaves legends and truths into an intricate pattern of symbol, tradition and beauty.
The Turquoise Trail meanders through a Southwest landscape of mountains, canyons, forests and rock formations. The turquoise stones first mined there by Native Americans 2,000 years ago gave the ancient path its present name.
The nomadic Yavapai or “People of the Sun" once occupied much of central Arizona. Yavapai women specialized in basketry, with some items woven tightly enough to hold water. The vivid pattern reflects the intricate Yavapai art of basketry. Now in a blue as brilliant as a cloudless Southwest desert sky.
