Coyote Placing the Stars Basket kachina-dolls Wide Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet

Wide Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet with Hopi Overlaid Designs of Water

Antique Navajo (circa 1920s) Vallero Stars Weaving made with Handspun Wool

The eagle is a messenger of prayer and protector of people

Number of Strands: 1Necklace Length: 22”

Coyote Placing the Stars Basket kachina-dolls Wide Sterling Silver Cuff BraceletThis 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