7 1/2" Navajo Ceremonial Basket - Mary Johnson (#01)

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About the artist:

Mary J. Johnson - Basketweaver: Born beneath the shadows of the great rock monoliths of Monument Valley, and into a family of basket weavers, it was expected that Mary Jean Johnson would learn to weave Navajo baskets like her mother and other female relatives. When she was small she watched as her mother, Betty Rock Johnson, gathered the sumac reeds and prepared them for weaving. When she was nine years old her mother showed her how to start a basket, and then sat beside her while she wove. Mary's aunt, Evelyn Rock, another well known basket weaver, also helped her. But unlike her relatives, Mary weaves more as a hobby, not for income. Neither does she enter her baskets in competitions. "I'm a private person weaving baskets," she describes herself simply.

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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

Navajo Ceremonial Baskets
The Navajo wedding basket also reflects many values of traditional life and so often contains all six sacred mountains, including Huerfano and Gobernador Knob, though the size of the basket may determine the numher of mountains in the design. The center spot in the basket represents the beginning of this world, where the Navajo people emerged from a reed? More about this legend

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