Back1960s Navajo Yei Be Chei Weaving - Christine Manasa (#31)
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Navajo Rugs
1960s Yei-Be-Chei Weaving by artist Christine Manasa
48" x 62"
Twin Rocks Private Reserve
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The combination of corn stalks and Yeis in this 1960s weaving from the Lee and Virginia Evans collection is sure to visually and emotionally inspire its owner. Yeis assist Navajo medicine men during healing ceremonies, and corn is representative of bountiful harvests, civilization and goodness. This weaving is created with a strong sense of both art and culture, reminding us to count our blessings each and every day.
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Yeis
Every creature,
every aspect of nature has its holy people . . . . even the stinkbug. Sometimes
you can see them, if only for an instant. They are represented, some of them,
by colors: the blue sky, the evening dusk, the night these are holy people and
one prays to them. There are iron people, crystal people, then the other rocks
" and such people." There are dawn people, twilight people, air, thunder,
and cloud people. One does not talk about such things in nature when they and
their holy people are present. More about this legend
Weaving
After the
medicine woman told the people about the prayersticks she told them that there
was a place in the underworld where two rivers crossed. It was called ni tqin'kae
tsosi, fine fiber cotton (Indian hemp). There were two persons who brought the
seed of that plant, they were spiders. They said that the people were to use the
plant instead of skins for their clothing. So this seed was planted in the earth? More about this legend
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