Show Navajo Baskets are More Than Just Decorative Food Storage Containers By Chris Contributing Writer Four generations of Navajo women have woven baskets to store t food od and household items These women have taken time and creativity creativity creativity cre cre- cre- cre to form fonn each basket Many of these baskets baskets baskets bas bas- have great detail and care involved in the creation of each one Some baskets have geometric designs and others have religious designs and meanings Basket weaving has been passed down from generation to generation From grandmother to tomother tomother tomother mother to daughter Mary Black whose basket at the exhibit is titled Home of the Butterflies has past her knowledge to her daughter Sally Black In turn Sally has created many baskets one one- of which was shown in the entitled Eagle Basket This basket has a lot of great de detail il Some baskets have stories and legends that go along with the baskets For instance Mary Blacks Black's Home of the Butterflies basket has a legend that claims that a man turned himself into a butterfly in order to talk two sisters into marrying him One day while the husband was out a white butterfly took his wives In order to get them back he had to war against the other butterfly He fought and defeated the white butterfly and when the white butterfly died many colors were released This is the legend as to why there are so many different colored butterflies The art ended Feb 26 but for more information as to where it will be shown next please contact Chris Fergeson at atthe atthe atthe the Horizon office in the College Center at the Redwood campus Four generations of Navajo women have woven baskets to store food and household items These women have taken time and creativity creativity creativity cre cre- to form fonn each basket Many of these baskets baskets baskets bas bas- have great detail and nd care involved d in the creation of each one Some baskets have geometric geometric geometric geo geo- metric designs and others have religious designs and meanings Basket weaving has been passed down from generation to genera genera- tion From grandmother to mother to tp daughter Mary Black whose basket at the exhibit it is titled Home of the Butterflies has past her knowledge to her daughter Sally Black In turn Sally has created many baskets one of which was shown in the entitled Eagle Basket This basket has a lot of great detail Some baskets have stories and legends that go along with the baskets For instance Mary Blacks Black's Home of the Butterflies basket has a legend that claims that a man turned himself into a butterfly in order to talk two sisters into marrying him One day while the husband was out a white butterfly took his wives In order to get them back he had to war against the other butterfly He fought and defeated the white butterfly and when the white butterfly died m many y colors were released This is the legend as to why there are so many different colored butterflies The art ended Feb 26 but for more information as to where it will be shown next please contact Chris Fergeson at the Horizon office in the College Center at the Redwood campus THERES THERE'S NOTHING MIGHTIER THAN THAI THE SWORD I AMERICAN W CANCER 1 SOCIETY o tJ o IJ |