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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Diné (Navajo)
Title:Multi-Figural Yeibichai Dancers with Two Yei Heads
Date Made:1920’s
Type:Fiber Art
Materials:Wool (handspun yarn)
Place Made:North America; United States; Arizona; Navajo Nation
Measurements:Overall: 39 x 88 in; 147.3 x 261.6 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2023.16.3
Credit Line:Gift of Rebecca Valette (Class of 1959) and Jean-Paul Valette
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Horizontal rectangular weaving depicting 10 standing figures, representing Yeibichai Dancers, flanked by two Yei heads and against a grey background. The figures are depicted using multiple colors, including black, white, tan, green, orange, red, and blue. Black and white feathers are used as a visual element in the spaces above, below, and between the figures, with a black border surrounding.

Subjects:
Wool

Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+2023.16.3

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