Hosteen Klah
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Hosteen Klah was a Navajo artist, medicine person, and ceremonial practitioner. Known for combining traditional Navajo weaving with sacred sandpainting imagery, Klah played a significant role in prese
Hosteen Klah in middle age.
A weaving based on a Whirling Log ceremony sand painting by Klah, circa 1925.
Swedish weaving
Mary Cabot Wheelwright
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Mary Cabot Wheelwright was an American anthropologist and museum founder. She established the museum which is now called Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, in 1937 along with Hosteen Klah.
Hosteen Klah
…passed on weaving knowledge and ceremonial imagery to two nieces, ensuring the continuity of their techniques and artistic legacy. In 1921, Klah met Mary Cabot Wheelwright, a Boston heiress and anthropologist. Together, they founded what would become the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, New Mexico…
A portrait of Wheelwright at age four, painted by American artist Frank Duveneck