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Sun God

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Object Details

Culture/People

Diné (Navajo)

Artist/Maker

David Chethlahe Paladin (David Paladin), Diné (Navajo), 1926-1984

Previous owner

Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-

IACB source

Center for Arts of Indian America

Collection History

Purchased by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board from the Center for the Arts of Indian America, a Washington, DC gallery and re-granting agency, in 1967; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.

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Date created

1967

Catalog Number

26/2178

Barcode

262178.000

Object Type

Painting/Drawing/Print

Title

Sun God

Object Name

Painting

Media/Materials

Board, acrylic paint

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions

15.2 x 19.2 cm

Place

Sedona; Coconino County; Arizona; USA (inferred)

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Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6faeca8dd-fed6-4225-83b7-1d885926d8e0

Record ID

NMAI_278286

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