Pueblo Indian Wedding Vase

However all indian wedding vases have some features in common.

Pueblo indian wedding vase.

On the day of the wedding the vase is filled with holy water and given to the bride. New horsehair pottery by geri vail. Two openings drinking spouts are connected by a single handle. Antique cochiti pueblo indian pottery bowl turtle effigy figures twist handle.

Wonderful navajo pottery done by susie charlie and hilda whitegoat. Native american indian pottery from the various tribes of the southwest. The groom s parents provide the wedding vase for use in the ceremony. The native american wedding vase.

The wedding vase has been part of pueblo life for centuries. The wedding vase appears to have developed among the tewa speaking pueblos of new mexico primarily at santa clara pueblo and became very popular and is now made by many tribes throughout the country explains tony chavarria curator of ethnology at museum of indian arts and culture in santa fe new mexico. Indian wedding vases then reflect the various styles and designs characteristic of each pueblo. Large antique santa clara pottery wedding vase native american indian.

Discover one of the most distinctive and celebrated forms of native american pottery. Records 1 to 0 of 0. Hand painted pueblo indian wedding vase 8 nap732 msrp. An entire ceremony is centered around the shared use of this gorgeous vessel which preserves the sanctity of marriage.

This is an acoma indian pottery wedding vase made by hand with natural clay and hand painted with a traditional design and colors of the acoma pueblo indians. Ending sep 30 at 5 18pm pdt 4d 19h. Wedding vases are ceremonial items created for more than just display. The wedding vase is a treasured and sacred tradition among many native american indian tribes.

An ancient vessel used in pueblo wedding ceremonies wedding vases features a handle that represent the union of a couple. The two spouts represent the separate lives of the bride and groom which are united by the bridge at the top. Santa clara pueblo hand coiled pottery wedding vase vickie martinez. Santa clara pueblo black pottery bear figure paul and dorothy gutierrez.

Made in the traditional method this wedding vase was formed using the coil and pinch. Acoma pottery by diane aragon. Native american indian pueblo pottery. 0 native american navajo indian wedding vases.

Historic native american hopi pottery pipe with tadpole designs lot 634. The two spouts symbolize the two individual lives and the handle symbolizes the union of these two lives in marriage. These vases are not only symbolic in the ceremony performed just prior to the wedding itself but also in the shape and construction of the vessel. Prior to the wedding the vase is filled with a special liquid.