Navajo Doodle Basket - Joann Johnson (#96)
$1,875.00
Artist: Joann Johnson
Navajo Baskets
15 1/2" x 2 3/4" deep
Rounds: 27
Joann Johnson said that this basket started out as; "A doodle in my mind." How she transferred that not so simple thought from her consciousness into and onto this basket is a quality few can master. Finely woven and creatively expressive, this weaving ranks in the top 10 percent of the art of Navajo basketry. The symmetry is spot on and there is even a spirit line worked into the pattern to release negativity and allow access to positive energy. It seems Joann can doodle with the best of them.
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About the artist:
A fourth generation Navajo basket weaver, Joann Johnson has a passionate awareness of her heritage and history. Born and raised in Monument Valley, she has spent her life in the Navajo heartland, surrounded by the sacred mountains and monuments that tell the stories of her people's past.
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Related legends:
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?