Navajo Butterfly Basket Set - Jonathan Black (#049)

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"I like this basket set because I like butterflies. Jonathon is a fine weaver and his baskets have a nice, strong shape. I would love to decorate my house with these."

-Tina Finch

About the artist:

Jonathan Black, the sixth son of Mary Holiday and Jesse Black, is married to Alicia Nelson. Jonathan is the reserved type. As individuals, and as a couple, they are two of the most dynamic and inspired contemporary Navajo basket weavers. See full biography | See all items by Jonathan Black

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Butterfly
Butterfly: Due to the natural beauty of its wings, Butterfly is often considered vain. Yet, in Navajo mythology, Butterfly brings the sacred flint to the hooves of the horse. In the legend of the diety, Butterfly Boy was cured of his vanity by being lightning struck with the axe of Rain Boy. After that, his head opened up and out of it came the butterflies of the world. The perishable dust of Butterfly's wings is sometimes thought to prove that such beauty is usually not durable. 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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