Description:

Native American, Southwestern United States, Navajo (Dine) culture, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-coiled shallow bowl made from sumac or willow coils, stitched with splints of dyed yucca, and the outer rim is finished with a herringbone / false braid. The pointed star pattern is symbolic of creation stories, and such basketry with this motif is often gifted at weddings. Note the break in the color bands of the central pattern - known as a sipapu (shipapu) - forming a path from the outer rim and terminal coil into the center to symbolize the connection to ancestors. The colored bands are rainclouds and the sun, and the outermost rim is the current generation of people. 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: 15" Diameter x 3" H (38.1 cm x 7.6 cm)

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Provenance: private Memphis, Tennessee, USA collection, acquired via descent

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  • Condition: Some minor fraying to fibers, otherwise intact and excellent.

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