BackNavajo Changing Woman Basket - Elsie Holiday (#300)
|
|
|
|
|
||
Navajo Baskets
Changing Woman
16"
When Changing Woman mated with the Sun, she gave birth to the Hero Twins. Now that must have been steamin'. Elsie Holiday loves these stories and also enjoys weaving them into her baskets. This particular creation is enhanced with rich earth tone colors and is brought to life by Elsie's own extraordinary brand of innovation. Changing Woman, in all her abstract glory, is rapidly becoming Elsie's trademark. Now that is a match made in heaven.
We offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on every purchase.
About the artist:
Considered one of the best Navajo basket weavers, Elsie Stone Holiday married into the famed Douglas Mesa family of weavers. Weaving baskets has become almost an addiction for her. "When I go two or three days without weaving I get anxious to get started again," she says. She weaves 12 hours a day, 5 days a week. "Sometimes I think, 'How long can this last?'", she wistfully states, but for now she is content with her art, finding immense satisfaction in creating premier quality baskets.
See full biography | See all items by Elsie HolidayRelated categories:
Navajo Baskets See all items in this categoryRelated legends:
Navajo Changing Woman
These four visit Changing Woman in her home in the west and see how she changes her age and form as she passes through doors at each of the directions. She decrees her gifts to earth people Cloud, rain, pollen, dew and gives them prayersticks. She tells them that now "there is no meanness left" in her : however First Man and Woman who went east are mean, and from them will come epidemics, colds, and coughs to be cured by offerings of white corn?
More about this legendWeaving
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
Add to Wish List:
To add to your wish list, you must be logged in.Twin Rocks Trading Post · P.O. Box 330 · 913 E. Navajo Twins Dr · Bluff,
UT 84512
Phone:
435-672-2341 · Toll-free
1-800-526-3448
Contact Twin Rocks Trading Post
© 2010 Twin Rocks Trading Post
Twin Rocks Home