Vintage Hopi Kachina Carving RARE 24" LAWRENCE JACQUEZ (Navajo) For Sale

Vintage Kachina RARE 2001 LAWRENCE JACQUEZ 24" Carving, Navajo, Eagle, Yei
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This is a very rare carving by Lawrence Jacquez.It measures approximately 24" tall x 12" wide. It is titled Double Blessing and depicts a Kachina after a successful hunt, carrying a fox pelt, looking up to see a sacred eagle with a Yei overlooking it all.
This is in MINT condition. I took a magnifying glass to it, and I don't see a single repair.
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About Lawrence Jacquez:

From Ancient Nations:

Lawrence Jacquez is a Navajocarver from the Nageezi area of the Navajo reservation and was born in 1965.Lawrence is known for his unusual sculptural renderings of Navajosandpaintings.

Although he is also a painter,his talent as a sculptor has grown to depicting both the Navajo Yeibichai orholy people, as well as the Navajo mythical being called"yendalooshi" or skinwalker.

Lawrence struggled withtragedy when his entire immediate family was killed in an automobile accidentnear his home on the reservation. To quote Lawrence:

"I started painting afteran accident left me unable to continue working in building construction. I havecontinued to try to express myself in different ways which has taken me on atour of a number of different mediums. I went from painting canvas to largemurals, to 3-dimensional sandpaintings to wood sculpting. I try to tell a storywith each carving. One of my latest works was a carving of an eagle. It wasmeant to send a prayer to my children. I carve to honor my daughter and son whoare with me in spirit. I pray that they can see and understand myvisions."

Lawrence's awards include bothFirst Place and Best Of Division at the Santa Fe Indian Market, as well asFirst Place blue ribbons at the Gallup Intertribal show.

In spite of common trends tofrown upon Navajo carvings, Lawrence continues to showcase his skills in thismedium by focusing wholy upon figures which are related to his Navajo culturalheritage - and his skill is superb.

His carvings always featureincredible detail. Every fiber has been meticulously accounted for. The handsand face have every line and wrinkle.

Moreover, this type of artworkis considered by many Navajo as a cultural taboo. Therefore, a piece such asthis one is very rare.

The Yenadlooshi, orSkinwalker, is a product of the so-called Navajo black magic. His origins andpurposes are shrouded in mystery, but his reputation precedes him in a powerfulway among modern Navajos. A quick conversation with most will reveal a certainreluctance to even talk about the Yenadlooshi.

From the Historic Cameron TradingPost

In an early morning dream,Lawrence Jacquez (pronounced Hackus) had a vision of “a little boy sitting onDzil Na’oodilii (Mountain around which moving was done), referred to by theNavajo as ’twirling mountain’ and a mist-like sunburst-horned Yeibichai floatingup into the sky”. In an interview, Jacquez said when he tried to paint hisdream, a carving came out instead.

Lawrence Jacquez was born in1965. His early years were spent in a hogan under the shadow of DzilNa’oodilii. After finishing about eight grades in boarding school, Jacquezworked part-time for Foutz and Burson Construction Company. In 1988, ajackhammer accident ended his short career. Jacquez now lifes with his wife,Luann Murphy Jacquez, in a small village of houses just south of the NageeziTrading Post. “I had been painting off and on all my life,” he remembers, “butafter my dream I started to carve.”

The work of Lawrence Jacquezis unique among Navajo artists. He has created a style of art that relates toboth sandpainting and sculpture. One figure that appears frequently is theSunburst Yei Chiricahua Apache, which is found in Navajo legend. Jacquez saysthat he’s unable to duplicate the figures and colors exactly because in theNavajo religion that would be wrong. Like many other Navajo, Jacquez believes acomplete and accurate rendering of sacred beings would imbue the object withsupernatural power, inappropriate for secular use. Thus many artists change thedetails of sandpaintings to prevent the Holy people from being called.Therefore, Jacquez alters the designs he relies on in creating his sculptures.Lawrence Jacquez also continues to paint. for instance, he recently completedseveral large murals, one on the outside wall of the Nageezi Trading Post andanother on the side of a nearby farm facing the highway. These murals of Navajoscenes, while interesting, lack the personal vision and innovation that ispresent in the carvings and the painted works are not created with the sameenthusiasm as his carvings. In the spring of 1989, Jacquez brought his fewpieces to Don Batchelor at the Nageezi Trading Post. Shortly thereafter, BruceBurns, owner of the Thomas Harley Trading Post in Aztec, began to representthis innovative artist and has placed his work in important collections.

About the Blue Yei

In Navajo (Diné) culture andart, ablue rectangular-headed Yei figure represents a female deityorspirit, which are benevolent supernatural beings.

Here is a breakdown of theirmeaning and significance:

• Yei(pronounced "yay") are revered as "Holy People" or spiritual entities that bring healing power and harmony to the world.
• The shape of the head is used to distinguish gender:round heads indicate male Yeis, whilesquare or rectangular heads indicate female Yeis.
• These figures were traditionally depicted in ephemeral sand paintings used for sacred healing ceremonies.
• In the 20th century, the depiction of Yeis became popular in permanent forms, such as Navajo rugs and other art. The color blue in these representations is used as an aesthetic choice or part of a larger symbolic palette, often with no specific meaning attached to the color itself, though turquoise (a common color in Native American jewelry and art) symbolizes spirituality, protection, healing, and strength more generally.
• Yei rugstypically show the figures facing forward, often holding sacred plants like cornstalks or arrows. They may also be protected by a Rainbow Guardian figure, which often wraps around three sides of the composition.

It is important to note thedistinction fromYei-be-chaifigures, which are human dancersin profile, wearing masks, who impersonate the Yei deities during a publicceremony.

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