Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1126 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting ("Navajo & Family on Horse Going to a Sing") | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Apache | |
| Other Geographic Data | Navajo Indian Reservation; Community: Rough Rock | |
| Maker's Name | Andy Tsinajinnie (Yazzie Bahe, Andrew Van Tsihnahjinnie) (1916-2000) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on mat board | |
| Description | Painting on gray mat board entitled "Navajo & Family on Horse Going to a Sing" depicting Navajo man and woman, each on spirited brown horses, riding toward right edge of painting; Man is dressed in high moccasins and buckskin pants and shirt; Woman is dressed in moccasins and woven black dress; Positioned behind woman is baby in cradleboard adorned with silver conchas and secured with tumpline around woman's forehead; Stylized grass in foreground is painted red; Signature "Tsinajinie" is printed in white paint near lower right corner; Title is written in pencil on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 68.4, Length = 45.5 | |