1960s Navajo Ceremonial Basket
Tribe: Navajo (Diné)
Item #BS00417
1960s Navajo Ceremonial Wedding Basket, hand coiled from sumac. The design radiates from a natural center in concentric bands of gray and rust-red, with stepped rays and checkered blocks reaching toward the rim. A single unbroken pathway of natural sumac runs from the center out through every band to the rim. The colors have softened with age, giving the basket a warm, muted palette. A cord hanger is attached to the back. Good overall condition with light age-related wear and some color fading on the front.
The Navajo ceremonial basket is used in weddings and healing ceremonies. The opening in the design is often described as a pathway that lets the spirit pass in and out, and the basket is traditionally placed with this opening facing east.
11” Diameter, .5” Depth
- Era
- Circa 1960s
- Technique
- Coiled
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