Sandpainting Tapestry ("The Skies," from the Male Shooting Way Chant)
Artist
Mrs. Many Goats
(North American Indian, Diné (Navajo))
Dateca. 1930
MediumHandspun undyed, vegetal-dyed, and synthetic-dyed Merino fleece
DimensionsOverall: 79 × 81 inches (200.66 × 205.74 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan De Jong
Object number2018.77.3
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionWoven textile with grey background and multi-colored imagery emulating a Navajo sand painting ritual.ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. A.J. Gates, Scottsdale, Arizona;
Mrs. Susan De Jong, Santa Fe, New Mexico;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
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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