Esther Etcitty, Pictorial Two Grey Hills Rug
Esther Etcitty
1944-
Diné (Navajo)
Alternative Name
Esther Begay Etcitty
Date
2010
Classification
Textile
Dimensions
36 x 56 in. (91.4 x 142.2 cm)
Accession Number
2020.35.40.04
Credit
Gift of Patrick V. and Mary Beth Musick
Memo / Artist Statement
A pictorial weaving by Two Grey Hills area artist Esther Etcitty depicting her well known motif of Kokopelli images with pictograph interspersed. The weaving is woven with a combination of single ply commercial yarns and hand spun yards in natural wool colors.
Biography
active ca.1950s-present: Pictorial, Kokopelli, Toadlena/Two Grey HIlls. b.4/15/1944.
Family: daughter of Minnie Johnson Begay & John Many Cattle Begay; mother of Stacy Deal, Lovita Etcitty, Samantha Deal, Tracey Deal & Marietta Etcitty; grandmother of Tanish Etcitty
Galleries: Toadlena Trading Post, Toadlena, NM; Relics of the Old West, Santa Fe
Awards: 1999 Honorable Mention, Intertribal Indian Ceremonial Gallup, NM.
Family: daughter of Minnie Johnson Begay & John Many Cattle Begay; mother of Stacy Deal, Lovita Etcitty, Samantha Deal, Tracey Deal & Marietta Etcitty; grandmother of Tanish Etcitty
Galleries: Toadlena Trading Post, Toadlena, NM; Relics of the Old West, Santa Fe
Awards: 1999 Honorable Mention, Intertribal Indian Ceremonial Gallup, NM.
Date of Bio