GORGEOUS Colored Horsehair Pottery with a Center Dreamcatcher and Bear Design. Created by Navajo Artist Sylvia Johnson from New Mexico.
Features Browns, Greens, Terra Cotta, Blue & Burgundy.
Just under 4.5" tall. 3.5" wide. 50 mm opening.
Each handcrafted pot starts from a raw casting. It is then painted and in some cases, etched with a pattern and then fired. Horse Hair is then arranged along the pot before fired again. The cindered remains of the hair form the web looking designs on the pot.
SYMBOLS:
Eagle Feather of the Navajo Nation Bird
Mountain Ranges - Water
Green represents the color of Trees which is used for medicine for healing.
Red represents Mother Earth or the color that represents the Navajo People - DIne`