Mother Earth and Father Sky
date: label: Date created
content: 1980
name: label: Culture/People
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Artist/Maker
content: John L. Begay (John Begay), Diné (Navajo)
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1980; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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place: label: Place
content: Shiprock, Navajo Reservation; San Juan County; New Mexico; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: See related items
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/2195
label: Barcode
content: 262195.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting/Drawing/Print
physicalDescription: label: Title
content: Mother Earth and Father Sky
label: Object Name
content: Sandpainting
label: Media/Materials
content: Particle board, sand, glue, pigment/pigments
label: Techniques
content: Dyed, glued
label: Dimensions
content: 33.4 x 33.4 x 0.9 cm