Navajo Spider Woman Ceremonial Basket - Fannie King (#92)
$625.00
Artist: Fannie King
12 1/2" x 2" deep
Rounds: 24
Fannie King loves to weave, and, when it comes to basketry, she is amazing. This weaving is graced with an old design that pays tribute to Spider Woman and Spider Man. Spider Woman taught the Navajo their weaving skills and Spider Man provided necessary tools to do the work. Fannie learned her craft from her mother's family and took that training seriously; she really gets the job done. For exceptionally clean and symmetrical basket weaving you need look no further than Fannie King.
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Spider Woman
"Spider Woman instructed the Navajo women how to weave on a loom which Spider Man told them how to make. The crosspoles were made of sky and earth cords, the warp sticks of sun rays, the healds of rock crystal and sheet lightning. The batten was a sun halo, white shell made the comb. There were four spindles: one a stick of zigzag lightning with a whorl of cannel coal; one a stick of flash lightning with a whorl of turquoise; a third had a stick of sheet lightning with a whorl of abalone; a rain streamer formed the stick of the fourth, and its whorl was white shell."? More about this legend
Navajo Ceremonial Baskets
The Navajo wedding basket also reflects many values of traditional life and so often contains all six sacred mountains, including Huerfano and Gobernador Knob, though the size of the basket may determine the numher of mountains in the design. The center spot in the basket represents the beginning of this world, where the Navajo people emerged from a reed? More about this legend