Sand Painting
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service (Sites)
label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service (Sites)
label: Donor Name
content: Sites Native Harvests
notes: label: Notes
content: NAVAJO SAND PAINTING MADE BY C. COOTS, BOX 673, CUBA, NEW MEXICO, 87013. FRAMED IN PRINT MAT AND WOOD AND GLASS SHADOW BOX. INSCRIPTION ON BACK OF FRAME DESCRIBES DESIGN AS POLLEN BOY ON THE SUN. ACCORDING TO INSCRIPTION, DESIGN IS ERRONEOUSLY REFERRED TO AS EAGLE OF THE SUN. FEATHERS ARE COLORED FOR EACH DIRECTION, EACH FEATHER REPRESENTING A SONG FROM THE CEREMONY. RATHER THAN TOBACCO AND BEANS, PAINTING HAS TWO TOBACCO PLANTS IN DIFFERENT COLORS, MEANT FOR A BOY. ACQUIRED BY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBTION SERVICE (SITES) FOR NATIVE HARVESTS EXHIBIT IN 1983.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cuba, New Mexico, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Navajo (Diné)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378691
label: USNM Number
content: E430177-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sand Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 45 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 45 cm