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Object Number
981-20-10/58633
Display Title
Painted skin
Descriptions
Object Description
Zuni hide painting depicting Navajo sand painting. Painted skin
Inventory Description
Hide painting, polychrome anthropomorphic and geometric designs.
Classification
- Painting
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Ca. 1920
Culture
- Navajo?
- Zuni?
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Leather, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 132 x 98 cm (51 15/16 x 38 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
981-20-10/58633
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Walter C. Langer
(1926-1929)
Donor
Leonard C. R. Langer
(1981)
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