Vintage Navajo Dine Ceremonial Basket 1940\'s Ts\'aa\'- Wedding Basket 9\" Diameter For Sale

Ts\'aa\' ~ The Dine (Navajo)

Ceremonial Basket

Circa 1940\'s

Traditional Navajo basket design with Red, White and Black colors.*

The pathway or spirit line (ch\'e\'e\'tiin) leads out to the edge where the rim closes.

(This place can be felt by the singer and opens to the dawn in the East. )

Interior has light residue of ceremonial cornmeal

Woven from Sumac

Dyed with natural vegetable dyes; juniper ash, black alder, red ochre, pinyon pitch

Size: 9" diameter x 2" deep

Condition:

Colors on front are still very strong ~ Back of basket is quite faded compared to the front side

Excellent original condition ~ Weave is strong and solid ~ There are no tears or repairs

* Black symbolizes darkness and rain clouds

White inside the black represents the sacred mountains

Red within the the black design represents the rays of the sun

The outside white area represents the dawn and is tied together with the outside rim which represents the ceremonial participant\'s thoughts and values

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Domestic USPS Priority - 12.65

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