Mai-i-altsa yill aghuti = "two coyotes running apart"

22718

From: Arizona | St. Michael's Mission

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Title Mai-i-altsa yill aghuti = "two coyotes running apart"
Object Number 22718
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Navajo | Athapaskan
Provenience Arizona | St. Michael's Mission
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Cotton String | Board
Description

Cotton string arranged in a design, originally on one's fingers, and attached to a paper backing.

As per Stewart Culin, "mai-I altsa yill aghuti, two coyotes running apart."

Length 38 cm
Width 17 cm
Credit Line Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902

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