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"Where the Two Came to Their Father" Pochoir Portfolio of Navajo Medicine Men Sand Paintings; 1943

lot 

225

Estimate:

$

1900

-

3800

06. Aug. 2025  -  Lusher Annual Premier Auction

Santa Fe:

1616 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM

Lot

225

"Where the Two Came to Their Father" Pochoir Portfolio of Navajo Medicine Men Sand Paintings; 1943

18 pochoir prints of sand paintings by Navajo holy man, Jeff King, enclosed in original linen portfolio; together with a descriptive booklet of the same title, a narrative entailing the ceremonies performed to prepare young Navajo men who had been drafted into the army (WWII), recorded by ethnologist, Maud Oakes, with commentary by mythologist Joseph Campbell. GLossary of Navajo Names Appended By Fr. B. Haile New York, 1943: Princeton, 1969 (New Edition).
Linen Folio: 18" x 24"; Booklet: 9" x 12";
18 loose color plates of sandpaintings: 18" x 24"

Estimate:

$

1900

-

3800

Fine Art

18 pochoir prints of sand paintings by Navajo holy man, Jeff King, enclosed in original linen portfolio; together with a descriptive booklet of the same title, a narrative entailing the ceremonies performed to prepare young Navajo men who had been drafted into the army (WWII), recorded by ethnologist, Maud Oakes, with commentary by mythologist Joseph Campbell.  GLossary of Navajo Names Appended By Fr. B. Haile New York, 1943: Princeton, 1969 (New Edition). 
Linen Folio: 18" x 24"; Booklet: 9" x 12"; 
18 loose color plates of sandpaintings: 18" x 24"
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