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Tsinajinnie, Artist, Assistant Teacher at Phoenix Indian School

Helen M. Post (1907-1979)

Object Details

  • Date

    1938

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 9 9/16 x 7 11/16 in.
    Sheet: 10 1/4 x 8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Verso:

    u.c. in graphite: TSINNAHJINNIE. Nav. \ artist, assistant teacher at \ Phoenix Indian School. Phoenix, Ariz.

    c.l. [stamp]: HELEN M. POST \ 142 LEXINGTON AVE. \ NEW YORK CITY

    c.l. in graphite: from "As Long As The Grass \ Shall Grow" - La Farge and Post.

    c. in ink: So much of Navajo art used symobism [sic] \ the young Tsinabyinnie was assigned to \ work with Rudi to prepare posters about \ checking soil erosion by over-grazing -which \ soild conservation technicians had been unable \ to make Navajos understand.

  • Collection Name

    Helen M. Post Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Peter Modley

  • Accession Number

    P1985.50.849

  • Copyright

    © Amon Carter Museum of American Art

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