Elizabeth (Nah-glee-eh-bah) Abeyta Rohrscheib, Untitled
Elizabeth (Nah-glee-eh-bah) Abeyta Rohrscheib
1955-2006
Diné (Navajo)
Alternative Name
Nah-glee-eh-bah, Elizabeth Abeyta
Date
c.1990
Medium Specific
Clay, corn husk, shell, turquoise, leather, fiber, beads, paint
Classification
Mixed Media
Dimensions
14 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 in. (36.8 x 14 x 10.2 cm.)
Accession Number
2025.35.25.45
Credit
Gift of Doris M. Lumsden
Biography
Elizabeth Abeyta Rohrscheib (1955-2006) Nah-Glee-eh-Bah attended the Institute for American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, the Navajo Community College in Tsalee, Arizona, and received a scholarship to the San Francisco Art Institute, where she studied under Richard Shaw. She grew up under the tutelage of her well-known Navajo artist father, Narciso Abeyta (1918-1998) Ha-so-de, as did her artist brother Tony Abeyta.
Elizabeth Abeyta's clay sculpture is an intimate expression of her Navajo heritage. She created and explored cultural mythologies and is best known for her flowing Navajo women, with elaborate ornamentation, and her versions of Koshari.
Born in Gallup, New Mexico, Abeyta was the daughter of Sylvia Ann Shipley Abeyta. Her maternal grandmothers were Alice Howland and Eleanor Brownell, who were Santa Fe residents and the first two presidents of the Santa Fe Opera, and early supporters of the arts in New Mexico. Her father, Ha-so-de, studied at The Studio of the Santa Fe Indian School under Dorothy Dunn in the early 1930s.
https://www.adobegallery.com/artist/Elizabeth_Abeyta14086608
Elizabeth Abeyta's clay sculpture is an intimate expression of her Navajo heritage. She created and explored cultural mythologies and is best known for her flowing Navajo women, with elaborate ornamentation, and her versions of Koshari.
Born in Gallup, New Mexico, Abeyta was the daughter of Sylvia Ann Shipley Abeyta. Her maternal grandmothers were Alice Howland and Eleanor Brownell, who were Santa Fe residents and the first two presidents of the Santa Fe Opera, and early supporters of the arts in New Mexico. Her father, Ha-so-de, studied at The Studio of the Santa Fe Indian School under Dorothy Dunn in the early 1930s.
https://www.adobegallery.com/artist/Elizabeth_Abeyta14086608
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