Coyote Placing the Stars Basket bracelet-type_bangle 875” Cuff Width5” Inside Measurement

875” Cuff Width5” Inside Measurement

63') Width

Handwoven Navajo Storm Pattern Weaving with Natural Wool Colors

and Yellow Chalcedony

He was an early influencer in Native American jewelry and worked at Frank Patania’s Thunderbird shop which influences his modern designs

Coyote Placing the Stars Basket bracelet-type_bangle 875” Cuff Width5” Inside MeasurementThis hand coiled sumac pictorial basket by Sally Black illustrates the Navajo tale of how the stars came into the sky, as part of the Navajo Creation Story. The intricate design features a Navajo Medicine Man carefully placing stars into the heavens. Below him, a mischievous coyote, impatient with the Medicine Man's meticulous placement of each star, convinces him to throw all the stars at once, creating random patterns in the sky. The basket's design