Pottery was an important necessity in the earlier days of the native culture when they used clay pottery for every day use. Now it is an art form, one of which is the Horse Hair pottery and figures. When the art piece is hot, horse hair is applied, fine lines using hair from the mane and coarser lines using hair from the tail. (They do have a use for all these horses on the roads) The heat causes the hair to twist and turn making each piece different and unique. The piece is then fired and polished.
Figurines of a Navajo man and woman
A jewellery box given to us by a very good friend here.
The most exciting thing that happened this week was the arrival of our new granddaughter, Greta Ruth, on Thursday. Her grandpa sits and stares at her picture on the screen dreaming about holding her in a couple of months. We do enjoy the modern technology that keeps us in touch with our family.
Our missionary work went on as usual this week with doing some teaching, assisting a sister and her daughter to get to Flag so she could take the bus to Phoenix where she hopes to get a job. Feeding the dogs of another sister who went to surgery. While we were in Flag Annie fell and broke her hip so she will not be coming around for awhile. The weather has warmed up and the snow is leaving fast so we can enjoy our walks more and start looking forward to spring.
Love to all,
Elder and Sister Lybbert
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