Anna Mae Tanner, Sandpainting of Buffalo Formed by Medicine from the Shooting Chant Rug
Anna Mae Tanner
1929-1993
Diné (Navajo) / Hopi
Alternative Name
Anna May Lamson, Anna May Tanner
Medium Specific
Natural white handspun, aniline dyes; 2-ply commercial yarn.
Classification
Textile
Dimensions
58 x 68 in. (147.3 x 172.7 cm)
Accession Number
2019.35.40.05
Credit
Gift of Patrick V. and Mary Beth Musick
Biography
active 1937-93; sandpaintings, ye'ii, pictorial, various regional styles. Red Rock, Phoenix, Oak Springs, AZ. Daughter of Desbah Nez and ___ Lamson (Hopi); sister of Alberta Thomas
Collections: Maxwell Museum of Anthropology (UNM, Abq, NM); Montclair Art Museum; Ohion University
Favorite designs: Water chant, beautyway, sandpainting at dropped-out mountain; snakes and clouds, people of the myth, red rock, water creatures, windway, sandy tan background; buffalo never dies (sandpianting), hail chant.
Schaaf 2001: 225
Collections: Maxwell Museum of Anthropology (UNM, Abq, NM); Montclair Art Museum; Ohion University
Favorite designs: Water chant, beautyway, sandpainting at dropped-out mountain; snakes and clouds, people of the myth, red rock, water creatures, windway, sandy tan background; buffalo never dies (sandpianting), hail chant.
Schaaf 2001: 225
Date of Bio