This Beautiful Horsehair Wedding Vase is approximately 8" tall and 6" wide.
Navajo Artist Vanessa Charlie from Farmington New Mexico created this exquisite pieces. Vanessa comes from a large family of potters.
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.
The Wedding Vase is an ancient vessel still used in traditional Native American wedding ceremonies. One spout of the vessel represents the husband; the other, the wife. The looped handle represents the unity achieved with marriage. The space created within the loop represents the couples' own circle of life.