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Item Description:
This rug measures 34.5\" by 18.5\". The colors are a medium grey background with a black and white border. The corn stalk is pine green accented with lines of turquoise, deep red and yellow. This rug is in great vintage condition.
This vintage Navajo pictorial rug shows a Navajo Tree of Life. The Navajo wedding basket at the bottom represents the Navajo point of emergence. Corn is sacred and very important for the Navajo. The cornstalk\'s green leaves provide shelter and support for life. The corn tassels at the top of the corn represents sacred pollen which is prayer and light.
A Navajo elder has said, \"a corn pollen is prayer to the Navajo. You put some in your mouth for your voice...then you put some on the top of your head for the oxygen that has come into you. And then you sprinkle the corn pollen forward, where you want to go...\" What a beautiful honoring of life.
