Navajo Enemy Way Basket - Alicia Nelson (#157)
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N'da
"Enemy Way"
11 7/8"
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About the artist:
Young and vulnerable to other's opinions, Alicia Nelson has nonetheless learned to trust her own instincts, and this has served her well as she has gone from being an apprentice basket weaver to an artist in her own right. Alicia trained under her mother-in-law, the famous Mary Holiday Black, recipient of the National Endowments 1995 Arts Heritage Award and fellowship. Alicia is one of only an estimated two dozen Navajo weavers who incorporate pictorial images into their baskets. See full biography |
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Navajo Baskets - Alicia Nelson See all items in this categoryRelated legends:
War/Squaw Dance
he so called
war dance, extensively in vogue with the Navaho today, originated with the mother
of the Slayer of Monsters and the Child of Water. For, it is said, when they had
slain the monster yeitso, they carried his scalp as a trophy and hung it on a
tree previous to reporting to their mother. While relating to her of the encounter
with the monster they swooned and lay unconscious, whereupon, it is said, their
mother prepared a concoction from herbs struck by lightning, sprinkled them with
it, and shot a spruce and pine arrow over their bodies, thus reviving 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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