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Object Number 995-29-10/74608
Display Title Sandpainting of a Yei figure
Descriptions
Object Description Sandpainting of an Navajo Yei figure with arms outstretched at sides. Figure has white face with black eyes and mouth, long white torso outlined in orange with brown and green designs, and wears a black skirt with a brown triangle design. Figure's legs are grey and has a grey feather on head. Carries a rattle in left hand and a pine bough in the right. Four green lines extend down from figure's arms. Label on back reads "the whirling logs or swastika, Loretta Watchman, Sheep Spring, N. Mex, 87325."
Classification
  • Painting
Date 1980-1989
Artist Loretta Watchman
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Dimensions Overall: 30.5 x 15.3 x 1.4 cm (12 x 6 x 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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