Hand-crafted Navajo Horse Ornament

Name: Hand-crafted Navajo Horse Ornament
SKU: Nav-Orn-Horse-1
Price: 21 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

$21.00

This genuine hand-crafted Native American Navajo horse ornament embodies the significance of the horse in Navajo and Native American culture and each is entirely handmade from bright colorful plush fabric in unique and one-of-a-kind patterns and designs. The Navajo cloth horse ornaments have black synthetic fiber material for the horse’s mane and horse’s tail and black button eyes. Each is an authentic Navajo Native American ornament lovingly hand-crafted by accomplished Navajo artist Audris Joe who is the daughter of Pearl Joe known for her exquisite traditional Navajo cloth velvet dress dolls. This hand-made Navajo horse cloth ornament will make an excellent gift for Native American art enthusiasts, as a fantastic collectible for Navajo art collectors, or as a genuine piece of Navajo Native American culture.

Size: 4″ L x 1.5″ W x 3″ H body, with hair slightly larger
Weight: 1 lb.
Artist: Audris Joe

Out of stock

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Description

Horses have very special importance in Navajo and Native American culture. One of the oldest symbols in Native American society is the horse. Originally introduced to Native Americans in the 16th and 17th centuries by Spanish Conquistadors, they quickly became an important part of tribal life.

Used for travel, migration, and hunting the horses value quickly became realized by Native American peoples. The horse is symbolic to Native Americans of family and a prized possession used for travel, hunting, and trading. They are believed to be spiritual beings and are highly regarded among the Navajo. They symbolize freedom and represent an important part in Native American history. They’re also a symbol of wealth and the bond between animals and humankind. They represent the wildness of the American West.

Native American mythology says that the Sun bearer made the horse with keen hearing so that it could hear noises from far-off and put the stars and universe in the eyes so it could see at night. It’s believed that he made the gallop of the horse to sound like thunder and the tail and mane swirl like clouds when galloping or hang like falling rain when still.