Man’s Garter

Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region, Native American

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Vertical woven paper basket with round mouth and square bottom, in Cherokee water pattern; paper dyed shades of blue, lavender, and black. Photograph of Tuckasegee River in central band; text written on paper weaving strips drawn from David Archambault's speech to United Nations in response to Dakota Access Pipeline on Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
Black and white photograph of four Native American women wearing jingle dress regalia, holding hands and gazing upward at towering trees
Black mountain goat horn, carved handle
The totemic design is well done but rather recent. The paint is vermilion and ball bluing blue. Totemic designs occupy two sides and a design (see card) is on each of the other sides. The box is of red cedar, pegged side and bottom. New looking almost.