Sandpainting Tapestry (Great Star Chant)
Artist
Alberta Thomas
(North American Indian, Diné (Navajo), 1930 - 1997)
Dateca. 1970
MediumCommercial machine-spun synthetic-dyed wool yarn
DimensionsOverall: 52 1/4 × 49 1/2 inches (132.72 × 125.73 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan De Jong
Object number2017.79.4
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionWoven textile, brown in color with a representation of the "Great Star Chant" in blue, yellow, white, red, and black.ProvenanceSusan and Conrad De Jong, Santa Fe, NM;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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