Navajo Weaving, Yeibichai, C007643

$5,500.00
Navajo weaving in the Yeibichai style by Dorothy Peshlakai. These are Blue Faced Fox Dancers. Measures 62.5 by 39.5 inches.
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  • Navajo weaving in the Yeibichai style by Dorothy Peshlakai. The Nightway ceremony is a major curative ceremonywhich restores harmony. It invokes the Yeis, aspecial category of Holy People who are inclined tohelp the Navajo. A nine day ceremony, it isperformed during the cold months when there is nochance of being hit by lightning and when the snakesare hibernating. Each dancerwears a ruff of spruce around his neck, and acolorful, short kilt with a concha belt and a kit-foxpelt hanging down his back. These are Blue Faced Fox Dancers. Measures 62.5 by 39.5 inches.