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Native American Navajo Handbuilt Wedding Vases
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Native American Navajo Handbuilt Wedding Vases by Kevin Williams
The Wedding Vase is an ancient vessel still used in traditional Pueblo wedding ceremonies. One spout of the vessel represents the husband and the other the wife. The looped handle represents the unity achieved with marriage. The space created within the loop represents the circle of life. In the traditional ceremony, the couple drink nectar (prepared by the medicine man) from the spouts to represent the blending their lives. The pot is a reflection of the ancient rite. These wedding vases are handbuilt by Navajo Master potter Kevin Williams. Kevin digs his own clay, mixes it with volcanic cinders and then hand builds the pot. He fires his pottery in an open pit and finishes by polishing the pot with a stone. As a final touch and to waterproof the pottery, he dips the hot pottery in hot pine pitch. Beautiful and unusual Navajo handmade pottery. We are grateful to finally have traditional Navajo handbuilt pottery. Click on numbered boxes below image for additional views.
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