$5,100
Four Navajo Carved Yeibichai Figures, Clitso Dedman, including a Talking God, the case mask with corn symbol, surmounted by an eagle feather headdress, two dancers wearing kilts and rectangular female masks, the last wearing a case mask with tubular snout and holding an animal skin in one hand, the sole of each foot inscribed "Clitso," ht. to 11 3/4 in. Provenance: Corporal Edward Pagel, includes three letters from Clitso Dedman to Pagel concerning these kachinas, all from 1944.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-02-11