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Object Number
988-17-10/60683
Display Title
Sand Painting
Descriptions
Object Description
Sand painting - length 30.5 cm., width 15.2 cm. Painting applied to plywood. Note attached to [illegible word] reads "Female Camel, Annie Yazzie, Sheep Spring, N.M." Outline drawing of figure, full frontal face with headdress, arms stretched to left holding large arrow. Shield-like object attached to right side of body with attached "feathers". Divided skirt tied with sash at the end of long body. Matching earrings and necklace. Elongated neck with black hortizontal bands. Decorated body. Perhaps one of a pair, see sandpainting cat. no.
Inventory Description
Sand painting, rectangular, multicolored, wood backing, yei figure holding arrow
Classification
- Painting
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1970-1979
Artist
Annie Yazzi
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
Materials
Sand, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 30.9 x 15.4 x 1.2 cm (12 3/16 x 6 1/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
988-17-10/60683/ Female camel/ Annie Yazzie/ Sheep Spring N.M.
Provenance
Collector
Kathryn F. Moyes
(1970s - August 26, 1988)
Donor
Kathryn F. Moyes
(1970s - August 26, 1988)
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