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Navajo Mother

American Indian Museum

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    Object Details

    Culture/People

    Diné (Navajo)

    Artist/Maker

    R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman), Diné (Navajo), 1931-2005

    Previous owner

    Jeanne O. Snodgrass (Jeanne Snodgrass King), Non-Indian, 1927-2002

    Seller

    Jeanne O. Snodgrass (Jeanne Snodgrass King), Non-Indian, 1927-2002

    Collection History

    Formerly in the collection of American Indian art scholar Jeanne O. Snodgrass (1927-2002); purchased by MAI from Jeanne Snodgrass in 1966.

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    Date created

    1964

    Catalog Number

    23/8389

    Barcode

    238389.000

    Object Type

    Painting/Drawing/Print

    Title

    Navajo Mother

    Object Name

    Print

    Media/Materials

    Paper, ink

    Techniques

    Woodcut/Woodblock printed

    Dimensions

    20.2 x 16.5 cm

    Place

    San Francisco; San Francisco County; California; USA (inferred)

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    Diné (Navajo)
    Painting/Drawing/Print

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63013b44d-51d8-46a8-a075-06e404de22f6

    Record ID

    NMAI_253979

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