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NAVAJO CEREMONIAL BASKET WITH YEIS AND THUNDERBIRDS - BA182

NAVAJO CEREMONIAL BASKET WITH YEIS AND THUNDERBIRDS - BA182
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Navajo ceremonial basket by Navajo artist Alicia Nelson. This basket is woven in a unique design with four Yeis, Navajo deities. There's a sun design in the center and along the outside edge lies the thunderbirds. This basket is unusual in the use of a twined technique. Woven today much the same as it might have been centuries ago, the tools used are a knife, an awl, and the hands of the weaver. The native materials - largely sumac and willow - are collected, soaked, split and dyed in a process almost as time consuming as the actual weaving. The Navajo and the Paiute both make this type of basket. Navajo basketry, almost a lost art at the beginning of the twentieth century, is now enjoying a come back.These baskets are still constructed for utilitarian and ceremonial purposes, but have also evolved into a unique and beautiful art form. Made in the USA. Approximately 19 inches in diameter.
SKU BA182
 
Our price: $3250.00
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