Reproduction of sandpainting. Navajo Mountain (na cisan). Pale yellow ground, two prayer sticks (blue, black), two flint knives (white, gold). Rainbow over blue structure representing mountain.
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:
height 63 centimeters and width 48 centimeters
Title:
untitled (Title Subject)
Comment:
Southwest, Navajo. The original painting is used for protection against all evil and harm, and for people who lose weight. Considered very holy.