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Two Grey Hills tapestry
Date:	1991
Artist:	Ruth Teller, born 1927
Clan:	Tábaahá, born for Tl’ááshchí’í (Water’s Edge, Red Bottom People)
Size:	Unavailable
Count:	79 wefts/inch

“This rug belongs to my husband David. He wanted one of my mother’s rugs, so when he graduated from pharmacy school my mother made him a rug and put it in a shirt box. She told him, ‘I hope it fits.’ Dave was disappointed because he thought it was a shirt. When he opened it, you should have seen his face—he was so happy.” —Barbara Ornelas

“My grandmother values whether her grandkids are weaving or not. You could tell her, ‘Hey, I just got a job at NASA as an astronaut and I’m going to the moon.’ And she would say, ‘That’s nice, are you weaving?’ She understands the importance of continuing the tradition.” —Sierra Ornelas

“My grandmother always tells me that she’s proud of me and gives me encouraging words.” —Michael Ornelas