Navajo Woman Folkart Carving - Cecil Miles (#02)
$495.00
Artist: Cecil Miles
Folk Art
4 1/4" x 13 1/4"
Navajo artist Cecil Miles has captured the essence of the Basket Dance with this cottonwood root sculpture. The basket dance is a spin-off of the Mountain Chant and involved young Navajo women dancing to portray the importance of the traditional basket to Navajo ceremonialism and culture. Ceremonial baskets represent the essence of the initiation of life; how to approach life in an effective, productive manner; and how to discover harmony and balance therein. Yes, all that is in Cecil's sculpture. Amazing, isn't it.
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Women/Taboos
It is understandable that the superficial white observer concludes that the Navaho woman is little better than a chattel of her husband. She may be seen walking when her husband is on horseback; the casual white visitor does not realize that the reverse is also true, depending on which of them has a horse available, for horses are individually owned and there is no conception of joint property between husband and wife? More about this legend