Tsinajinnie, Artist, Assistant Teacher at Phoenix Indian School

Helen M. Post (1907-1979)

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

Location: Off view

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