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Burnham tapestry
Date:	1995
Artist:	Lorene Barber (born 1957)
Clan:	Naakaii dine’é, born for Hooghan lání (Mexican People, Many Hogans People)
Size:	87" x 48"
Count:	100 wefts/inch

“Lorene Barber's weaving family includes her mother, sisters, and aunts, as well as an upcoming younger generation. Together, they set out to create a rug style unique to their family from Burnham, New Mexico. Their rugs include handspun natural sheep's wool, sometimes adding bright commercial yarns for distinctive pictorial elements. They pack their rugs with Navajo, Pueblo, and other easily recognized Indian icons.” —Ann Hedlund

“My great-grandmother is originally from Bisti, near Burnham. She married into the Two Grey Hills family. Two Grey people are known for their brown sheep and she used to trade a lot with Lorene’s family. Even to this day, Burnham weavers still visit my aunt to get wool.” —Barbara Ornelas