Four Navajo Carved Yeibichai Figures

Description:

Four Navajo Carved Yeibichai Figures, Clitso Dedman, including a Talking God, the case mask with corn symbol, surmounted by an eagle feather headdress, two dancers wearing kilts and rectangular female masks, the last wearing a case mask with tubular snout and holding an animal skin in one hand, the sole of each foot inscribed "Clitso," ht. to 11 3/4 in.


Provenance: Corporal Edward Pagel, includes three letters from Clitso Dedman to Pagel concerning these kachinas, all from 1944.
Estimate $2,500-3,500


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