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Social interaction and learning in the spread of Navajo commercial sandpaintings
Navajo religion and culture : selected views • (17) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 75-83
By: Parezo, Nancy J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses a form of ethnic art known as commercial sandpainting, a stylistic modification of the traditional sacred Navajo sandpainting, but made specifically for the Anglo-American trade. The training of the artist in the technical skills necessary to produce this form of art is discussed in some detail; also how these acquired learning patterns affect the spread of this art style within the area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Representative art
- Transmission of skills
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1986
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1978-1979
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1962-1979
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nancy J. Parezo
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 83)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81086446
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians