Navajo Ceremonial Squash Blossom Basket - Peggy Black (#385)
$2,750.00
Artist: Peggy Black
Navajo Baskets
21" x 2 1/2" deep
Rounds: 34
Peggy Black likes to mix motifs. In this weaving, she has adorned the traditional ceremonial basket pattern with butterflies, Navajo couples and the five petal squash blossom design. Peggy often refers to these as collage baskets because of this symbolic blending.
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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.
Related legends:
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