Artist's color notations and reference notes are present in sketch; Inscribed in print in ink, "FOUR ASPECTS OF MAN (16) As told by a medicine man. EACH POINT OF THE CROSS SYMBOLIZES AN ASPECT OF LIFE. ALL MUST BE IN HARMONIOUSIF MAN IS TO BE WELL. EACH ASPECT MUST BE ANALYZED AND ADJUSTED ACCORDIN TO NATURAL LAW.
FIRST ASPECT (UPPER LEFT); THE MINERAL, VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL FOOD. PATIENT IS ADVISED WHAT TO EAT. HERBS PRESCRIBED.
SECOND ASPECT (LOWER LEFT); THE ENVIRONMENT, HOME, FAMILY. EACH MAN MUST LEARN HOW TO LIVE WITH OTHERS AND ACCEPT HIS RESPONSIBILITES.
THIRD ASPECT (UPPER RIGHT); THE EMOTIONAL SIDE OF LIFE, REPRESENTED BY DRUM, RATTLE, AND MASK. BEHIND THE MASK OF LIFE THERE IS ALWAYS GOOD IN EVERY MAN.
FOURTH ASPECT (LOWER RIGHT) THE SPIRITUAL: THE SUN, GIVER OF LIFE, THE PEACE PIPE AND THE SPIRIT OF MAN. A MAN HAS TO BE IN TUNE WITH NATURE AND DEVINE BEING TO BE WELL. POINTS AT EACH SIDE REPRESENT EAST AND WEST, THE BEGINNING AND THE END. IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PAINTING, WE SEE THE ROAD OF LIFE, BIRTH, THE DIFFERENT AGES, AND DEATH." in center on verso
Signed by hand in tempera, "HO-CHEE-NEE JIMALEE BURTON" in lower right on recto; Signed by hand in pencil, "Ho-chee-nee Jimalee Burton" in lower center on verso
