Out of the darkness — Navaho. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Genre: Portrait Photography View of a group of Navaho on horseback, emerging from the dark shadow of a canyon in Arizona: 'In Tesakod cañon, a small branch of Cañon de Chelly. At the point where this picture was made the gorge is very narrow.'
Alhkidóhihi — Navaho. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of a Navaho sand painting: 'One of the four elaborate dry-paintings or sand altars employed in the rites of the Mountain Chant, a Navaho medicine ceremony of nine days' duration.'