File:Navajo sandpainting.jpg

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Description
English: One of the four elaborate dry-paintings or sand altars employed in the rites of the Mountain Chant, a Navaho medicine ceremony of nine days' duration.
Date
Source http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.award/iencurt.cp01039
Author
Edward S. Curtis  (1868–1952)  wikidata:Q433128
 
Edward S. Curtis
Alternative names
Birth name: Edward Sheriff Curtis; Edward Curtis; E. S. Curtis; E.S. Curtis; Edward Sherriff Curtis
Description American photographer, anthropologist, explorer, film director and screenwriter
Date of birth/death 16 February 1868 Edit this at Wikidata 19 October 1952 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Whitewater Los Angeles
Work period 1896 Edit this at Wikidata–1930 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
United States of America; Seattle Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q433128
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Since this volume was published in 1907[1], it is in the public domain.

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  • 2005-02-01 06:41 Ish ishwar 1024×645× (138522 bytes) Navajo sandpainting

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19th century photograph of Navaho sand painting

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