NAVAJO RUG 1960's, MOUNTAIN TOP WAY, Night Chant
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AUCTIONS BY ROCKYLADY PAYMENT PAY PAL ONLY TO: Interpretation of design for this vintage Navajo Rug: From the Mountain-Top-Way: The Mountain Chant, together with the Night Chant, is one of the Navajo ceremonials best known to the White Man for two reasons. It was the first Navajo chant to be disclosed to the public, through Washington Matthews' elaborate monograph in 1887. Moreover, the spectacular public performances of the last night have attracted much attention at public demonstrations. A nine-night chant, the last night culminates in a Corral Dance, sometimes called a Fire Dance, from its final act, which is like a sacred vaudeville show in which teams representing various chantways present special acts. Mountain-top-way is used to treat diseases attributed to infection from bear, porcupine, or snake. "Bear sickness" is most commonly mental disturbance, nervousness, or fainting spells, and "porcupine sickness" may be kidney, bladder or stomach trouble. The main theme symbols of the sandpaintings are the Mountain Gods or the hero in their form, the Long Bodies, Changing Bear Maiden (or her home), great plumed arrows, bears and their dens, porcupines, snakes, feathers, Rainbow People. In later days, the ceremony has been extended to get rid of the ghosts of evil whites, as in the case of returning school children, who are
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