Sandpainting
Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Tom Bahti (1926-1972, an Indian art dealer and collector); donated to MAI by Tom Bahti in 1961.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1950-1960
- Catalog Number
- 23/839
- Barcode
- 230839.000
- Culture/People
- Diné (Navajo)
- Artist/Maker
- Grey Squirrel (Fred Stevens, Jr.), Diné (Navajo), 1922-1983
- Collector
- Thomas Bahti (Tom Bahti), Non-Indian, 1926-1972
- Donor
- Thomas Bahti (Tom Bahti), Non-Indian, 1926-1972
- Object Type
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Object Name
- Sandpainting
- Media/Materials
- Plywood, sand, glue, sandstone, charcoal
- Techniques
- Glued
- Dimensions
- 60.9 x 60.9 x 0.7 cm
- Place
- San Juan County; New Mexico; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Diné (Navajo)
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Record ID
- NMAI_245920
- Usage
- CC0
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