| Title |
Navajo medicine man stands over a Sand Painting [1] |
| Subject |
Indians of North America; Photographs; Sandpaintings; Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies; Indians of North America--Social life and customs; Sandpaintings--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Sand Painting; Navajo Indians--Social life and customs--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Rites and ceremonies--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Clothing--Photographs; Moccasins--Photographs; Shamans; Indigenous peoples--North America |
| Spatial Coverage |
Navajo Indian Reservation; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah |
| Keywords |
Navajo rituals-Photographs; Diné culture; Native Americans |
| Tribe |
Navajo Nation |
| Creator |
McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970 |
| Description |
Color photograph of a Navajo medicine man stands over the remnants of a sand painting at the end of the ceremony while others watch. Tradition calls for the destruction of the sand painting at the conclusion of the ceremony. Although the photograph is poorly lit, it is easy to see the medicine man's moccasin |
| Publisher |
Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950 |
| Type |
Image/StillImage |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| File Name |
P0092n02_08_268.tif |
| Collection Name |
J. H. McGibbeny |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Holding Institution |
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Conversion Specifications |
Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 2000 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6rz2859 |
| Setname |
uaida_main |
| ID |
387720 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rz2859 |
