3 men eating during a night chant (yeifichai) Totso Trading Post (Jukachukai, AZ) December 12-21, 1963. Man in center is the night chant singer, son of Slim Curly. Per Door Book/Accession Record: Man eating during a ceremony, Arizona 1963
Donor:
William R. Heick
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
William R. Heick
Collection date:
1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Accession date:
March 22, 2000
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
width 25.4 centimeters and length 35.56 centimeters
Comment:
Per labels provided by Ira Jacknis: Men eating, during a Night Chant (Yeibichai). Totso Trading Post, Lukachukai, Arizona; December 12-21, 1963. Meals are frequent during ceremonies which usually last all night for a period as long as nine days. Common foods include mutton stew, friend and baked bread, corn mush, corn cakes, and coffee. The Night Chant singer, son of Slim Curly, sits in the middle.