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Navajo weaving, wool rug, small presentation of the Dine' Tree of Life LuLu Begay AGT148 ~12" x 14"

$250.00

This small rug was woven of Navajo wool by LuLu Begay in the design of the Dine’ Corn Plant of Life.

Multiple birds of various colorations are portrayed in flight against a background of western mesas and on the branches of two stylized corn plants.

Acquired in 1998 at the Teec Nos Pos trading post in the Four Corners area of Arizona.
12” x 14” AGT148

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Additional Info

The Dine': Origin Myths of the Navajo Indians, 1956; Aileen O'Bryan, Page. 191
Standing straight and tall, corn resembles human beings standing in rows. White corn is thought, by the Navajo, to be male, yellow corn is female. Round-headed corn symbols are men, square-headed are female. Food made from corn especially cornmeal is symbolic of the goodness of Mother Earth and Father Sky. Corn Pollen is used in many blessing ceremonies, as is cornmeal. Strings of hardened corn kernels are made into necklaces. Corn, as Jay de Groat has put it, is "Mother Earth's workmanship."

This example of excellent Navajo weaving will be shipped FREE to any address within the 48 mainland United States.