Modified Ceremonial Basket by Evelyn Cly (#199)

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Evelyn Cly is revered for her high-quality ceremonial baskets. Medicine Men often refer their patients to Evelyn for one of her traditional baskets. The ceremonial basket is an essential element in the healing arts. With this basket, Evelyn strayed from tradition to create what she calls a “Modified Ceremonial Basket.” With slight variations on the theme, Evelyn weaves unique baskets that challenge her creativity and are provocative to other weavers and collectors alike.

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Evelyn's baskets are known for their extremely tight weave and open geometric designs. Perhaps the best indicator of how valuable her baskets are is that different traders have her baskets in their private collections.

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Navajo 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?

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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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