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Susie Holiday, Sand painting weaving, ca. 1970, wool, 30 3/4 x 29 3/4 x 1/8 in., Kansas State U…
Sand painting weaving
Susie Holiday, Sand painting weaving, ca. 1970, wool, 30 3/4 x 29 3/4 x 1/8 in., Kansas State U…
Susie Holiday, Sand painting weaving, ca. 1970, wool, 30 3/4 x 29 3/4 x 1/8 in., Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Dennis L. and Carola A. Deschner, in memory of Allen M. Deschner, 2021.48, photo courtesty of Kansas State University Photo Services

Sand painting weaving

Artist (United States, Diné)
Dateca. 1970
MediumWool
DimensionsH x W x D: 30 3/4 x 29 3/4 x 1/8 in. (78.1 x 75.6 x 0.3 cm)
Object TypeTextiles
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Dennis L. and Carola A. Deschner, in memory of Allen M. Deschner
Object number2021.48
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Description

Originally only men with spiritual training created sand paintings. Today many artisans use sand painting imagery in their weavings.

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Image Not Available for Yei weaving
Yei weaving
Mary Burbankey
ca. 1955
2021.46
Image Not Available for Optical pictorial block
Optical pictorial block
Undetermined Diné
ca. 1945
2021.49
Nez Etsity, Optical (tumbling blocks), ca. 1950, handspun wool, 57 x 36 x 3/8 in., Kansas State…
Optical (tumbling blocks)
Nez Etsity
ca. 1950
2021.47
Image Not Available for Rug
Rug
Undetermined
late 19th century
U1.2002
Debra Smith, Separate Conversations, 2018, pieced vintage silk, 43 1/2 x 31 3/4 in., Kansas Sta…
Separate Conversations
Debra Smith
2018
2019.268
Title unknown
Title unknown
Alan Shields
20th century
2013.23
Elizabeth Layton, Hunger, 1985, colored pencil with graphite, 30 x 22 1/4 in., Kansas State Uni…
Hunger
Elizabeth Layton
1985
1999.17
Kansas Arts and Crafts t-shirt
Kansas Arts and Crafts t-shirt
Mike Ott
late 20th century
CM1.2003
Image Not Available for Card Key
Card Key
Colette Stuebe Bangert
May 1998
2018.82
Title unknown (sculptural painting)
Title unknown (sculptural painting)
Orval F. Hempler
20th century
1994.19
The Spirit of Sand Creek
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Robert Alexander Fromme
ca. 1973
2004.170
My Brother's Room
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Lynda Andrus
2011
2014.233