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Beatien YazzWoman Ritual Bathing of Feet (Navaho Native American painting)1955
1955
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About the Item
Beatien Yazz (1929-20120.
Navaho Woman Ritual Bathing of Feet, 1955.
Gouache on paper, sheet measures 13 x 17 inches. Framed measurement: 20 x 24 inches.
Signed and dated lower right.
Indian Name: Beatien Yazz (Little No Shirt)
A.K.A.: Jimmy Toddy
Born March 5, 1928 near White Ruins, AZ. Son of Desbah and Joe Toddy
Military: U.S. Marine Corps, Code Talker, World War II (South Pacific and China Theaters)
Education: Santa Fe; Ft. Wingate; Mills, 1949 under Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Chicago Art Institute
Occupation: Navajo Police Department, Fort Defiance, Arizona; Carson Indian School art teacher, illustrator, and professional painter.
Medium: oil, acrylic, casein, tempera, pencil, pen
ink, pastel, and prints
Several books are based on his life and career, and he has been featured in numerous publications. He has won awards at every major showing of Indian art
throughout the United States.
The artist was drawing and writing with crayons at eight years of age. Sallie and Bill Lippencot, operators of Wide Ruins Trading Post, influenced him most by recognizing and encouraging his talents. While still a student, he sometimes worked in oils from a model. Today Beatien prefers to paint animals and people, not landscapes, in the casein medium. (Jeanne Snodgrass, "American Indian Painters).
Beatien Yazz stated that he had been "painting since age eight," a long career in art that spanned over a fifty-year period. "I established myself nationally and
internationally. In addition to my three oldest sons, Irving, Marvin, and Calvin (QQ.V.), I have three other children entering the field of art; my daughter, Francis Toddiy (Q.V.), who has been painting since she was ten, Jimmiy, Jr., and Orland Toddy. They are eleven through twenty-two years of age."
The Navajo (Navaho) do not have a widely documented, distinct "foot bathing ceremony" in the same way they do for sweat lodge or cleansing rituals. Instead, references indicate that washing or cleansing often occurs within the context of Blessingway rites, where songs and prayers, such as "Earth's feet have become my feet," are used to restore harmony and well-being.
Key elements related to cleansing or ritual bathing in Navajo tradition include:
Symbolic Cleansing: Rituals may involve washing to remove negativity, evil, or to provide a new beginning.
Grounding and Earth Connection: Prior to entering a sweat lodge, individuals may, in specific contexts, remove shoes, and the ritual involves connecting with the earth to restore harmony.
Blessingway Context: The Blessingway ceremony is central, focusing on harmony and, at times, incorporating symbolic washing or, in some contexts, using materials like ash for purification.
- Creator:Beatien Yazz (1929 - 2012, Native American)
- Creation Year:1955
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Wilton Manors, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU245217420422
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