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  1. Navajo Rain Cross

    Navajo Rain Cross

    Navajo ceremonial basket design. The symbol is also used to represent Spider Woman, the first Navajo deity. The basket is twelve inches in diameter and the wood is maple. Pyrography and ink were used to create the basket illusion. Donated to SWAT 2019 symposium and selected as an auction item.
    • Bill Boehme
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    • basket illusion beaded copic ink maple navajo pyrography rain cross spider woman
    • Comments: 2
    • Album: Bill Boehme's Album
  2. Walking Sun

    Walking Sun

    Navajo legend says that a deity carries the sun across the sky on his back and then hangs it on a peg to cool off. After it is no longer glowing he carries it back east during the night. I apologize for the bad iPad picture. Hopefully, I will have a chance to get a better picture before it is...
    • Bill Boehme
    • Media item
    • basket illusion beaded cherry navajo pyrography walking sun
    • Comments: 13
    • Album: Bill Boehme's Album
  3. Navajo Wedding Basket

    Navajo Wedding Basket

    Navajo Wedding Basket illusion is 12⅝ inch diameter maple. The wedding basket is probably the most well known of all the various Native American basket designs. This piece will be part of the SWAT 2-for-1 drawing coming up next month.
    • Bill Boehme
    • Media item
    • basket illusion beaded maple navajo pyrography wedding
    • Comments: 4
    • Album: Bill Boehme's Album
  4. Celebration Basket

    Celebration Basket

    Navajo Wedding Basket Illusion, 14½ inches diameter, 2¾ inches high, maple, beaded, burned, and colored in the style of the traditional wedding/celebration baskets. The wood is thin enough that bright light can shine through between the rows of beads. This piece was donated to the Woodturners of...
    • Bill Boehme
    • Media item
    • basket beaded illusion maple navajo pyrography wedding
    • Comments: 15
    • Album: Bill Boehme's Album
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