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The Frollicking Navajo Girls

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Artist
Gerald Nailor Sr. (1917 – 1952, American)
Date
1951
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
NaG.07.01
Description
Three girls, smaller one in middle, dancing from right to left. They are all dressed similarly, tunic top, pleated skirt, leggings, and hair tied back into a bone shape. A grey sun symbol is in top middle of picture. Two mushrooms, three stones, two plants indicate ground line. The colours range fr…
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Artist
Gerald Nailor Sr. (1917 – 1952, American)
Title
The Frollicking Navajo Girls
Date
1951
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Dimensions
43.3 x 35.7 cm
Description
Three girls, smaller one in middle, dancing from right to left. They are all dressed similarly, tunic top, pleated skirt, leggings, and hair tied back into a bone shape. A grey sun symbol is in top middle of picture. Two mushrooms, three stones, two plants indicate ground line. The colours range from grey, purple, mauve to light browns.
Subject
figure, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
NaG.07.01
Images
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Navajo Girl Riding to the Trading Post

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Artist
Harrison Begay (1917 – 2012, American)
Date
c. 1950
Medium
gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
BgH.07.01
Description
Painting shows Navajo girl wearing pleated skirt, colourful wrap, black hair on Appaloosa horse with colourful saddle blanket; only foreground is several desert elements; horse appears to be galloping.
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Artist
Harrison Begay (1917 – 2012, American)
Title
Navajo Girl Riding to the Trading Post
Date
c. 1950
Medium
gouache on paper
Dimensions
27.6 x 31.1 cm
Description
Painting shows Navajo girl wearing pleated skirt, colourful wrap, black hair on Appaloosa horse with colourful saddle blanket; only foreground is several desert elements; horse appears to be galloping.
Subject
figure, female
Indigenous
animal, horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BgH.07.01
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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