Painting

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Date created: 1935-1940

Culture/People: Diné (Navajo)
Artist/Maker: Mary Ellen, Diné (Navajo), b. ca. 1920
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: Arts and Crafts Department, U.S. Indian School (Santa Fe Indian School)

Collection History: Made while the artist was a student at the Santa Fe Indian School (Santa Fe, New Mexico); acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source before 1968; 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: Santa Fe Indian School; Santa Fe; Santa Fe County; New Mexico; USA (inferred)

See related items: Diné (Navajo); Painting/Drawing/Print

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/9314
Barcode: 259314.000

Object Type: Painting/Drawing/Print

Object Name: Painting
Media/Materials: Paper, watercolor
Techniques: Painted
Dimensions: 15.2 x 10.2 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6141e420b-01f8-45f2-929a-c4052b8f4a50

Record ID: NMAI_275328