Vintage Signed Wilson Price Sr Navajo Sand Painting Wedding Vase Potters Art

Description

Vintage Navajo Sand Painting of Navajo Wedding Vase. This Potters Art has been Signed by the artist Wilson Price Sr. Artwork is 13” long x 7” wide x 0.375” high. It appears to be on painted on pressboard. It weighs 1.25 pounds. These sand paintings are made with sands gathered in a natural form, and with rocks and ore and gem materials which have been crushed to sand form. It is one of the many symbolic designs used by the Navajo in the ceremonial sand paintings which are done by medicine men in loose sands on the hogan floor. Present day ceremonies are for the most part to heal and to bring good crops and other blessings.
Background info on Navajo Wedding Vase:
The Navajo wedding vase story is similar to that of many tribal cultures. The vase is a special vessel, intended for wedding ceremonies, as its use helps to create the beginning of a relationship were two become one. Unlike the traditional vase design, there are two spouts on a Navajo wedding vase instead of one. Each is intended to represent one spouse in the dual relationship, traditionally the husband and wife. Then, in the middle, there is a handle which connects the two spouts together. A circle, oval, or teardrop shape may be present between the two spouts and the bridge, which is a representation of the new circle of life that is formed by the marriage.
History of ownership:   This has been in the family since it was purchased in Tucson, Arizona.
Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.