I purchased this about 20 years ago from a trading post near Ganado, AZ, in the heart of Navajo country, but it is time for it to find a new home! A true, traditional wedding basket, perfect for your collection!

Measures around 13.25" across, and around 3" deep (edges are a little irregular so measurements maybe a hair more or less depending on where you lay the measuring tape). Condition is great; it is a hand-woven basket so expect some signs of having been made with skilled and patient human hands. 

A nice, sturdy basket with traces of dried corn mush in the crevices (less now than there used to be.. little crumbs fall out here and there and there will probably be some dislodged in shipping). The corn mush means this was used ceremonially, in a Navajo wedding. Here is some info about how it is integrated into the ceremony (and thus into the basket itself):

• The blue corn mush is shaped in the center of a traditional woven wedding basket, topped with a cross of corn pollen representing the sun, earth, and life directions.

• After the couple washes each other's hands, the bride and groom use their fingers to eat a pinch of the corn mush starting from the east, south, west, and north directions, finishing in the center.

• After the couple partakes, the remaining cornmeal mush is offered to the family members and guests in attendance to represent community support for the new marriage.