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Subject: Diné (Navajo) Pair of Original Paintings of Feather Dancers
The Navajo Feather Dance is one that entails a drummer who, during the dance, beats upon an overturned basket to provide the beat for the dancer. To the rhythm of the basket-drum, dancers begin a dance beating time with a pair of square frames, hung with feathers. There can be any number of dancers, both male and female.
In this pair of original paintings, Begay has featured a single male and a single female, each its own painting and each framed separately in matched framing style. Both paintings are signed with Begay's Native name as well as his English name.
Condition: both appear to be in original condition
Provenance: from the collection of a gentleman from Colorado
Recommended Reading: Southwest Indian Painting: A Changing Art by Clara Lee Tanner
Subject: Diné (Navajo) Pair of Original Paintings of Feather Dancers
Artist: Harrison Begay (1914-2012) Haskay Yahne Yah - The Wandering Boy
Category: Paintings
Origin: Diné - Navajo Nation
Medium: gouache
Size: 9-3/8" x 6-1/4" image each; 16-1/2" x 13-3/8" framed each
Item # C3354G