Navajo Sacred Animals Basket - Peggy Black (#384)
$2,700.00
Artist: Peggy Black
Navajo Baskets
20 1/2" x 3" deep
Rounds: 35
Peggy Rock Black has woven a most interesting and graphically attractive basket. The central colors represent home fires and the emergence or awakening of consciousness. There is a blue ring for sacred waters and horse heads over that which portrays freedom and independence. The grace and majesty of the Eagle encircle and protect all that is cherished and sacred. A rainbow wraps around the outside edge of the basket adding one extra layer of protection. Beautiful!
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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.
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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
Horse
Johano-ai starts each day from his hogan, in the east, and rides across the skies to his hogan in the west, carrying the shining golden disk, the sun. He has five horses a horse of turquoise, a horse of white shell, a horse of pearl shell, a horse of red shell, and a horse of coal? More about this legend