10 inch Navajo Ceremonial Basket - Bernice Smiley (#01)
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The
ceremonial basket is an essential tool of Navajo medicine men. It serves as
a depiction of the heritage and lore of the people. Used as a sacred vessel,
the Navajo Ceremonial basket, is considered one of the most elementary symbols of the Navajo.
The white radiating center has ties to the emergence of the people from previous
worlds. Life and birth are depicted. The black- stepped protrusions into the
white portray the lower worlds and the rugged exit early natives made. Red
rings represent the joining of blood, marriage, children, and family as well
as the red earth on which the Navajo people walk.
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Navajo Ceremonial Baskets See all items in this categoryRelated legends:
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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