Native American Pottery Wedding Vase

The wedding vase has been part of pueblo life for centuries.

Native american pottery wedding vase.

The pottery is fired traditionally outside in an open pit and then cleaned and polished so it will be ready to be used during the wedding ceremony. Sale price 23 10 23 10 33 00 original price 33 00 30 off. Mission del rey native american navajo wedding vase 5 horse. Palms trading company has a selection of native american indian wedding vases created by hopi navajo santa clara and santo domingo pueblo artists in our online collection and more in.

A native american wedding vase like the native american santa clara handbuilt and handcarved wedding vase is anything but ordinary. 5 out of 5 stars 116 116 reviews. Native american pottery art wedding vases make a truly unique wedding gift for a new couple or an anniversary gift to a couple enjoying their married life. This is a high quality piece of authentic native american navajo pottery.

This unique navajo pottery wedding vase is artfully hand etched and painted to decorate the rustic vase the artist carves the design by hand before the firing process then adds. Often the carved or painted decoration will have specific meaning to their community chavarria says. All tribe silver horse hair pottery native american wedding gift vase 5 tall one wedding vase. On the day of the wedding the vase is filled with holy water and given to the bride.

The two spouts represent the separate lives of the bride and groom which are united by the bridge at the top. The shapes used to make the wedding vase and the decorative. Native american wedding vases reflect each tribe s unique artistic techniques and cultural folklore while compositions of local clays influence its colors. 4 3 out of 5 stars 16.

The groom s parents provide the wedding vase for use in the ceremony. Despite this diversity the shape of the wedding vase is universal. Native american pottery handmade wedding vase navajo indian horsehair metallic santafemostwanted.