Description:

Native American, Southwestern United States, Dine (Navajo) & Hopi Pueblo culture, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A collection of 3 hand-coiled baskets from Southwestern Native American tribes. The smallest is a Hopi tray coiled from bundles of grasses with splints of yucca. The 2 larger trays are Navajo made, and traditionally given as a wedding gift, made from sumac or willow coils and stitched with strips of yucca, dyed in hues of red and black. The pointed star pattern and the outer rim with a "false braid" finish, are characteristic of Navajo and symbolic of creation stories - note the break in the central pattern- known as a sipapu (shipapu)- forming a path from the outer rim and terminal coil into the center. The sipapu path is the connection between past and present peoples, and the bowl should be orientated with the path facing to the east, towards the rising sun. Size of largest: 14.75" Diameter (37.5 cm); smallest: 8.75" Diameter (22.2 cm)

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Provenance: private Aurora, Colorado, USA collection

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  • Condition: Some fraying to splints, but otherwise good condition.

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