Navajo Girl Rider

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Date created: circa 1950

Culture/People: Diné (Navajo)
Artist/Maker: Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahne Yah), Diné (Navajo), 1917-2012
Donor: MARPAT Foundation, 1985-
Previous owner: MARPAT Foundation, 1985-; Marvin Breckinridge Patterson (Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson/Mrs. Jefferson Patterson), Non-Indian, 1905-2002; Jefferson Patterson, Non-Indian, 1891-1977

Collection History: Formerly in the collection of career diplomat Jefferson Patterson (1891-1977); inherited by his wife Marvin (Mary) Breckinridge Patterson (1905-2002), who transferred it to the MARPAT Foundation (Silver Spring, Maryland), which she created in 1985; donated to NMAI by the MARPAT Foundation in 2008.
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Place: Arizona; USA

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

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/6689
Barcode: 266689.000

Object Type: Painting/Drawing/Print

Title: Navajo Girl Rider
Object Name: Painting
Media/Materials: Paper, graphite, watercolor
Techniques: Drawn, painted
Dimensions: 39.2 x 42.2 x 24.0 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63a0b10c3-1038-48f1-965f-4e3dcad65d72

Record ID: NMAI_391837