2026 Navajo Rug Sale
Event Details
Canyon
About the Navajo Rug Sale
On April 11, the Natural History Museum of Utah will celebrate the Indigenous artistry of the Four Corners region with an extraordinary sale of handwoven Navajo rugs. Featuring more than 100 exceptional works by Diné weavers — ranging from intimate pieces to grand designs — this event offers guests the rare opportunity to acquire museum‑quality textiles at up to 40 percent off retail prices.
Complementing the rug sale will be a curated trunk show of handcrafted Native American jewelry showcasing exquisite pieces available below retail value. Visitors are also invited to bring their own Navajo rugs for expert evaluation and restoration consultations by Ben Leroux of Southwest Textiles from 10 a.m. to noon. The sale will continue until 5 p.m.
This is the Museum’s 11th collaborative Navajo Rug Sale with Toh-Atin Gallery of Durango, Colorado — a long-running partnership established by the gallery’s late owner, Jackson Clark, now carried forward by his sister Antonia Clark.
Museum admission is not required to attend the Navajo Rug Sale.
About the Toh-Atin Gallery
The late Jackson Clark II. Image courtesy of Toh-Atin Gallery
Toh-Atin Gallery in Durango, Colorado, is one of the most respected Native American art galleries in the country. The late owner, H. Jackson Clark II, grew up traveling the Navajo reservation in the Four Corners region, visiting trading posts with his father, and developing an admiration for Navajo weavers and their work. His mother was raised at a trading post where Clark and his sister would spend their summers from a young age, learning more about local Indigenous culture and building a lifetime of experience that resulted in the celebrated Toh-Atin Gallery.
Toh-Atin is now managed by Clark's sister, Antonia Clark, who continues the family legacy and a long-standing partnership with NHMU and its annual Navajo Rug Sale.
Museum Note
At the turn of the 20th century, Navajo weaving remained a thriving household practice, but was being economically undercut as a trade good for sale by weavers to Native and non-Native buyers by the influx of Pendleton blankets and factory produced clothing. In the early 20th century, traders established economic relationships with the Navajo women and their families and created regionally-specific designs and new markets their weaving. It’s a story of mutual respect and partnership that is unique in the history of the Southwest.
