Stylized drawing of snake by Ricky Begaye

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Title Stylized drawing of snake by Ricky Begaye
Creator Ricky Begaye
Source Donors Begaye, Ricky
Date 2022; 2023
Description Color scanned image of a drawing by Ricky Begaye of a snake. Ricky started drawing the outline of the snake while living in Monticello, and finished it while working with Alaska. In the Diné tribe, the snake is linked to evil. But the Navajo nation seal used to have a great serpent that protected the nation. The snake has a lot of importance and different meanings to many different Indigenous tribes. The drawing helps reintroduce old Navajo traditions in current times.
Collection Peoples of Utah Revisited (POUR)
Identifier POUR24_031_019.tif
Contributing Institution Monticello - USU
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Subject Art; Drawing; Pens; Snakes; Rock Point (Ariz.); King Cove (Alaska); Monticello (Utah)
Genre postal cards
Spatial Coverage City of Monticello, San Juan County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/11788777/city-of-monticello.html City of King Cove, Aleutians East County, Alaska, United States https://www.geonames.org/7117665/city-of-king-cove.html
Rights Management Utah Historical Society
Rights
Language eng
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Scanned By Michelle Gollehon
Metadata Cataloger Amy Green Larsen
ARK ark:/87278/s6sx606v
Setname dha_pour
ID 2516112
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sx606v
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