Navajo Hozho Turtle Basket - Peggy Black (#281)

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About the artist:

One of the famous Douglas Mesa basket weavers, there wasn't much question about what Peggy Rock Black would choose to pursue in life. She was born into a family of weavers before she married into an equally talented family of weavers. See full biography | See all items by Peggy Black

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Dog
Sending of the dog to Acoma as a messenger of the ceremonies; in a coyote like trick he undertakes a test of eating thirty-two kinds of food and runs off with the presents given in reward for his success. More about this legend

Turtle & Frog
This episode appears in four versions of the attack on the Pueblo. It precedes the story of the main attack or constitutes this attack. The scalps which they obtain are, however, not the object of the suitor test. Frog and turtle kill the enemy or their young women. They have hidden in the "walled up water supply" which is drawn off to reveal them? More about this legend

Basketry
Basketry is a woman's industry, which is also pursued by the nadle (he changes), hermaphrodites, or men skilled in the arts and industries of both men and women. Basketry, however, is not classified with textile fabrics (yistl'o), but with sewing (nalkhad). It is of interest also that, while the basket is in progress, the sewer is untouched and avoided by the members of her family? More about this legend

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