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Navajo Native American Crow Mother Kachina Earrings
SKU: 216971
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This is a pair of Kachina Earrings by noted Navajo artist Loretta Multine. All work is hand carved wood and hand painted artistry. This pair is the Crow Mother. The Crow Mother dangles approximately 2 1/2 inches from the center of the ear loop. The pair weighs approximately 3.0 grams.
Kachinas are gifts given in hope of future abundance and health, as well as tools for education. The Kachinas of today's art market are a bridge not only between the spiritual world and mortals but also between Southwest Native Americans and non-Southwest Native Americans. Each year Kachinas come, they walk upon the earth and they dance to bring life and renewal. When the Kachinas return to the spirit world at the end of the planting, they return with prayers that we might all continue on this earth for another round in the circle of life. There are more than 250 different Kachinas, each with its oown separate attributes, representing everything from animals to abstract concepts.
The Hopi were the original Kachina carvers, using a single piece of cottonwood root. The Navajo began carving in their own creative way, adding leather, feather, beads and turquoise. For over 2000 years the Native Americans of the Southwest have danced beneath the heavens, praying to the great spirits for rain and a bountiful harvest. These spirits are embodied by Kachinas, (ka chee`nas). Kachinas represent the spirits of created beings like the soaring eagle and the cunning wolf. During religious ceremonies, the Southwest Native Americans dress up in the elaborate costumes of Kachinas in a celebration of the harmony of creation.
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SKU #216971
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