Reproduction of sandpainting

Museum number:
17-703
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
VII (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3608
Description:
Reproduction of sandpainting. Concerning the Skies (yaasgi ikah). Pale yellow ground with rectangle of blue representing water at bottom, four figures at top. Black, blue, yellow, brown and 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 a warrior going to battle or starting on a raiding party, or for people having bad dreams.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Reproduction of sandpainting, accession number 17-703, described as Reproduction of sandpainting. Concerning the Skies (yaasgi ikah). Pale yellow ground with rectangle of blue representing water at bottom, four figures at top. Black, blue, yellow, brown and white.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Reproduction of sandpainting, accession number 17-703, described as Reproduction of sandpainting. Concerning the Skies (yaasgi ikah). Pale yellow ground with rectangle of blue representing water at bottom, four figures at top. Black, blue, yellow, brown and white.

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