Description: FROM MY 50 YEA R ARCHIVE COLLECTION OF BOOKS, INGOT & COIN SILVER JEWELRY, TEXTILES & PHOTOGRAPHY VIKING FUND PUBLICATIONS IN ANTHROPOLOGY ....... NUMBER 8 1947 1st EDITION by WALTER DYK CORNELIUS OSGOOD, EDITOR " A NAVAHO AUTOBIOGRAPHY " ( THE LIFE OF "OLD MEXICAN " ...... 1881 - 1919 ) THIS IS AN INTIMATE AND FULL ACCOUNTING OF THE NAVAJO ; KNOWN IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS AS " BIG MEXICAN " .... A OLD NAVAJO MAN BORN DURING THE "ROUND-UP" AND LONG MARCH TO INTERNMENT AT BOSQUE REDONDO IN 1865 AND IN 1933 GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE TO WALTER DYK ( WHO WROTE " THE SON OF OLD MAN HAT " ) WHILE LIVING IN A HOGAN NEXT TO OLD MEXICAN .................................... ANOTHER EQUALLY AS COMPELLING S TORY OF NAVAJO LIFE, TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS, BIRTHS, DEATHS, STRUGGLES, ADVENTURES, ASSIMILATION, INCURSION OF ANGLO WESTWARD EXPANSION, TRADING WITH INDIAN TRADING POSTS, CLAN AFFILIATION, INFANT MORTALITY ( HE LOST AT LEAST THREE CHILDREN), CEREMONIES, SINGER HEADMAN PURPORTREDLY A NAVAJO WITCH, LIFE AS A FARMER TO SURVIVE, HENRY CHEE DODGE AND MUCH MUCH MORE ALL HIS FAMILY ARE INCLUDED IN HIS ORAL HISTORY ..... MOST OF HIS LIFE LIVING BETWEEN SWEETWATER AT THE FOOT OF CARIZZO MOUNTAIN AND ANETH BY THE SAN JUAN RIVER. A WONDERFUL AND INTIMATE STORY OF LIFE OF THIS MAN ..... 234 PAGES16 PHOTOGRAPHS OF NAVAHO LIFE BY WALTER DYK INCLUDINGTHE SAN JUAN RIVER AT MEXICAN HAT, UTAHSUMMER AND WINTER HOGANSGRAZING SHEEPNAVAJOS IN FULL REGALIA WITH SILVER JEWELRY TO BLANKETS AND VELVETEEN BLOUSESWAGON RIDE TO A SQUAW DANCESILVERSMITHINGTWILL BLANKET WEAVING ON LOOMSADDLE MAKINGCREATING A SANDPAINTING AT A CEREMONIAL SING RITUALCAMP LIFE STARTING AT A MODEST OPENING BID AND NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME WITH YOUR THOUGHTS AND INQUIRIES ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shipping is $9.99 USPS Wrapped Safely IT MEASURES 7" by 10" If in Santa Fe in August please come visit me at the Objects of Art Show from August 10th - 13th. I will also be curating the "STRANDS ACROSS TIME ~~ EXHIBITION OF NAVAJO ... PUEBLO & HISPANIC WEAVINGS OF THE SOUTHWEST" AT THE EL MUSEO CULTURAL CENTER AT THE RAILYARD Feel free to contact me for information or to purchase an Exhibition Book of these rare 16th-20th Century Twill Woven Textiles.
Price: 39 USD
Location: Columbus, North Carolina
End Time: 2023-12-06T04:16:17.000Z
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Origin: Navajo Dine Land
Provenance: My 50 Year Archive
Tribal Affiliation: Navajo
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Culture: Native American: US
