Navajo Sterling Silver Yei Pendant - Robert Taylor (#36)
$625.00
Artist: Robert Taylor
Navajo Jewelry
1" x 3 1/2"
Corn Yeis are significant to the Navajo because they represent creation, fruition, multiplication and upward movement. Robert Taylor, a real character and master silversmith, has created a gracefully flowingly, sterling silver pendent using the imagery of this genuinely significant deity. Because "The People" believe they were created from corn, it is often represented in their art. Robert has a passion for his culture and his art, which is why both are so well presented in this piece.
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About the artist:
Robert Taylor - Silver & Goldsmith:
"Cluster, channel, leaf, inlay, casting... I've done about everything," Robert Taylor talks about his silver and goldsmithing, "There's a lot of artists that do it." And then he confides the reason he has set himself apart from other craftsmen. "I didn't really get anywhere until I decided to design my own style."
Related legends:
Silversmith Work
When and how the Navajo acquired the art of working metals is unknown but there are reasons for supposing that it was introduced among them, or at least more developed and improved upon by them, since the time they have occupied their present country?