Navajo Ceremonial Eagle Basket - Peggy Black (#411)
$1,875.00
Artist: Peggy Black
Navajo Basket
16 1/2" x 2 3/4" deep
Rounds: 30
Peggy Rock Black has taken the Navajo ceremonial basket design and embraced it with an eagle motif. The ceremonial pattern is the embodiment of the Navajo universe, and the eagle guards, protects, and is a bridge for communication between humans and the Holy People. On the wings of the eagle are four levels of emergence and duality symbols. In a nutshell Peggy is recognizing the past, present and future of the Navajo people, all upon a woven storyboard.
16 1/2" x 2 3/4" deep
Rounds: 30
Peggy Rock Black has taken the Navajo ceremonial basket design and embraced it with an eagle motif. The ceremonial pattern is the embodiment of the Navajo universe, and the eagle guards, protects, and is a bridge for communication between humans and the Holy People. On the wings of the eagle are four levels of emergence and duality symbols. In a nutshell Peggy is recognizing the past, present and future of the Navajo people, all upon a woven storyboard.
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About the artist:
One of the famous Douglas Mesa basket weavers, there wasn't much question about what Peggy Rock Black would choose to pursue in life. She was born into a family of weavers before she married into an equally talented family of weavers.
Related legends:
Eagle
Of all birds in Native American mythology, the eagle is the most important as symbol, sacrificial / ceremonial presence, and ultimate predator/ warrior. The solitary mystery and power of the eagle as perceived by the Indian was immediately grasped by the emerging nation of the United States, and "borrowed" for its logo. More about this legend