Reproduction of sandpainting. Hot Spring (txo sido). Pale yellow ground, white oval in center with two figures. Three mounds representing mountains (blue, yellow, white).
Donor:
Robert Paine
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Maker or artist:
Jeff King
Collector:
Harold Gregg
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sand paintings (mode of painting) and Sand paintings (visual works)
Accession date:
February 25, 1981
Department:
Drawings and paintings
Dimensions:
width 48 centimeters and height 63 centimeters
Title:
untitled (Title Subject)
Comment:
Southwest, Navajo. The original painting is used for men who are about to kill the enemy, against evil and sickness, and for protection against people who do not think well of you.