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NAVAJO YEI (HOLY PEOPLE) The Navajo way of life is based on an oral tradition in which stories, lessons and values are passed down from generation to generation. The Creation story of the Navajo Emergence as “The People or Dine” is as sacred as the Bible to the Navajo. One theme reoccurs often and in almost all writings, that is central to the Navajo, attainment and maintenance of harmony and beauty, called hozho.......(read more)
NAVAJO YEI BE CHEI (Yeibichai) The Yei Be Chei dancers are the human impersonators who perform the ceremonies. The Yei Be Chei weavings present the dancers as they dance, perform, and enact the ceremony of the Yeis. Ceremonies are performed to either attract or exorcise effects to The People. The Yeis perform specific dances and rituals, as directed by the Medicine Man, during the ceremony for the desired end. During ceremony, a team will be composed of fourteen dancers: the leader Yeibichai... (read more)
Yei / Yei-Be-Chei Navajo Rugs for Sale
Yei : Navajo Weaving : Anita Tsosie : 3422 : 70" x 84" (5'10" x 7'2") : Award Winner!
Sandpainting
Yei : Navajo Weaving : Anita Tsosie : 3422 : 70" x 84" (5'10" x 7'2") : Award Winner!
$ 12,500.00
Woven by Master Weaver Anita Tsosie, this Sandpainting weaving won a Blue Ribbon at the 1995 O’odham Tash All Indian Fair. It has commercial dyes and of course is very tightly woven. Extremely well known, Anita won Best of Show at Santa Fe Indian Market for her Sandpainting Weaving depicting the Sky People in 2004. She also won first place in t...
Yei - Holy Girl Pictorial : Historic : GHT 1041 : 48" x 102" : (4' x 8'6")
$ 24,000.00
Yei Navajo rug. Yei weaving standing over 8 feet tall! It is a female woven with beautiful light gray background, vibrant red, deep black and cream wool in the design. A lovely stepped border stands between two Spider woman cross borders. Also natural black in the Yei's dress and sash. Several weaver mistakes in the border to ensure that i...