Navajo Patriotic Symbolism Pictorial Basket - Peggy Black (#299)
$2,500.00
Artist: Peggy Black
Navajo Baskets
18 1/2" x 3 1/2" deep
Rounds: 33
Peggy Rock Black's Collage basket is a whole lot of fun and fantasy all wrapped-up in one finely woven package. Through the creative process, Peggy instructs us how First Man and Coyote placed the constellations and Milky Way in the heavens. She introduces us to the riders of the Enemy Way, the Home of the Buffalo People, sacred ceremony, balance, harmony and much, much more. Through the art of Navajo basketry, Peggy uses pictorial images as a way of promoting tradition and culture.
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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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People/Diversity
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Symbolism
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