A Clitso Dedman Yeibichai set with female patient Clitso Dedman, (Diné [Navajo], 1879-1953)...
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A Clitso Dedman Yeibichai set with female patient Clitso Dedman, (Diné [Navajo], 1879-1953) c.1952/3, painted cottonwood, tin, feathers, ribbons and brown wool, Talking God is wearing an orange shirt with arms close to his body, his right hand holds a pelt bag; Medicine Man is wearing a yellow shirt and white pants, with a green trade blanket over his shoulder; Female Patient wearing a light orange blouse and a dark red skirt with a gray trade blanket, with jacla earrings; Water Sprinkler, in an orange kilt, with a fox pelt in right hand, the upper body in white; the Yei dancers have red ribbons on their left wrists, their eyes highlighted with irregular triangles, the feet are signed, 'Clisto,' in green paint. From 9 to 12 in. in height. Footnotes: Provenance: From the collection of Rebecca and Jean-Paul Valette, Massachusetts; Sold by Art Lee through Bill Beaver at Sacred Mountain Trading Post, 2000; Acquired by trader Hugh Lee, c. 1955. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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