Yé'ii bicheii dancer dolls

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Date created: 1982

Culture/People: Diné (Navajo)
Artist/Maker: Elizabeth Secatero (Mrs. Frank Secatero), Diné (Navajo), 1928-2003
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: Turquoise Eagle

Collection History: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from The Turquoise Eagle (a shop in Rosslyn, Virginia) in 1983; 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: Arizona; USA

See related items: Diné (Navajo); Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/8297
Barcode: 258297.000

Object Type: Games, Toys, Gambling: Dolls

Object Name: Yé'ii bicheii dancer dolls
Media/Materials: Cottonwood, cotton cloth, glass bead/beads, yarn, feather/feathers, commercially tanned leather
Techniques: Carved, painted, sewn, strung
Dimensions: 27.3 x 10.6 x 6.3 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6adb68b57-4e7e-43d2-a482-7a66e3753164

Record ID: NMAI_274236