Bidspirit auction | Alberta Tsosie Chester Begay, Arizona

Alberta Tsosie Chester Begay, Arizona , Water People, sand painting, 17 1/2”H x 17 1/2”W(sight), - Alberta Tsosie Chester Begay Arizona Water People sand painting Signed and titled by the artists, Chester Begay and Alberta Tsosie. ca. 1900s This is an authentic beautiful full story very detailed sandpainting that has been professionally matted with rug pattern designs and a pine wood frame. Navajo Sandpaintings, also called dry paintings, are called ?places where the gods come and go? in the Navajo language. They are used in curing ceremonies in which the gods? help is requested for harvests and healing. The figures in sand paintings are symbolic representations of a story in Navajo mythology. They depict objects like the sacred mountains where the gods live, or legendary visions, or they illustrate dances or chants performed in rituals. 17 1/2”H x 17 1/2”W(sight), 33”H x 26 3/4”W(frame)