Whirling Rainbow / Emma Yazzie

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Whirling Rainbow

Creator(s):

Emma Yazzie (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; Navajo (Diné)

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Sand Painting

Credit Line:

Gift from James and Rosemarie Waggoner, Athens, Texas - 2004

Accession No:

19.69

Previous Number(s):

TL2004.67.13

Department:

Anthropology

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 11 7/8in. (30.2cm)
Width: 11 7/8in. (30.2cm)
Depth: 0 1/2in. (1.3cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Emma Yazzie

Role(s):

Artist

Inscriptions: Notes in the artist's hand; Inscribed by hand in ink, "Whirling Rainbow - Rainbow is major inspiration in most of legend of people of north American continents. With clockwise Movement that covers. appearing on quater of earch four cardinal points of compass where they appear at any season." in center on verso

Signed: Signed by hand in ink, "Emma Yazzie" in center on verso

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

black, brown, faces, Feathers, figures (representations), geometric abstraction, gray (color), green (color), grey, Indigenous paintings included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, Items included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, leaves (plant materials), white (color), zigzags

Cite this Page

Yazzie, Emma. Whirling Rainbow. 19.69. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/1969 (10/02/2019).

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