Merging the brilliance of Saltillo serapes with the technique and aesthetics of northern Persia, this is an original design that dazzles. Saltillo is the oldest post-conquest settlement in northern Mexico. The Navajo people, after contact with the Pueblo and the Spanish peoples, began to also weave similar blankets and rugs. The innate cultural fusion presented in the design and conception of this kelim is intended to celebrate the artistic creativity of tribal people from two continents. Art Unites. The finest highland wool from the Zagros Mountains of Iran, hand-carded and hand-spun.