wedding basket, unrecorded Diné artist

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unrecorded Diné artist, wedding basket
unrecorded Diné artist, wedding basket
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist
wedding basket
late 1800s–1998
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist, artist
wedding basket, late 1800s–1998
Where object was made: Southwestern United States
Material/technique: dyeing; plant fiber; coiling
Credit line: Gift from the Security Benefit Group of Companies
Accession number: 2007.4824
Not on display
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"The 2-rod and bundle coiled "wedding baskets" or sacred meal baskets are also used in Navajo healing ceremonies and chant ways. They may occasionally be inverted to serve as drums. When used in ceremonies, the break in the design must always point toward the east. Note that the end of the final coil occurs at the design break.