Native American Pottery Wedding Vase

The groom s parents provide the wedding vase for use in the ceremony.

Native american pottery wedding vase.

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This is a high quality piece of authentic native american navajo pottery. Native american wedding vases reflect each tribe s unique artistic techniques and cultural folklore while compositions of local clays influence its colors. 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. The shapes used to make the wedding vase and the decorative.

Despite this diversity the shape of the wedding vase is universal. The wedding vase has been part of pueblo life for centuries. 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.

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. Often the carved or painted decoration will have specific meaning to their community chavarria says. The two spouts represent the separate lives of the bride and groom which are united by the bridge at the top. On the day of the wedding the vase is filled with holy water and given to the bride.

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