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Large Wooden Navajo Kachina

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Native Americana Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Large Wooden Navajo Kachina
Large Wooden Navajo Kachina
by famous Arizona carver Andy Tsinajinnie 1916-2000. This is one of his last known carvings. Measures 30"T X 10" W. Signed on base. Bio information: Born in Rough Rock, Arizona,
Andy Tsinajinnie was an Indian artist and illustrator who maintained a studio in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was a member of the Navajo Salt River Bend Indian tribe, and the translation of his last name, which has been
spelled in several ways, is "Little Grey." He studied art at the Fort Apache School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and graduated in 1936. He painted large murals for the WPA in Arizona and New Mexico including ones for
Indian Schools. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force in the South Pacific, and after that was a full-time artist in Scottsdale. He did illustration for the Navajo Agency at Window Rock, for "Arizona Highways" and also
for other magazines and books. Andy attended the Santa Fe Indian school where he studied with Dorothy Dunn. He was known for his depictions of traditional Navajo life.