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Raymer Society Consignment Art Auction
Lot 89:
Memory painting by Dennis and Bruce Hathale measures 22" x 30" has no signature and is in good condition. Navajo memory aids had their beginnings with medicine men in preparation for making a sand painting and for preparing their apprentices to become medicine men in the far future. To become a medicine man, the person must know the intricate details of preparing sand paintings used in ceremonial functions, such as healing ceremonies. A sand painting, to accomplish its intended purpose, must be constructed in accurate detail, something that could take years and years for an apprentice to master. To assist in the learning process, aids were used as guidance through the process of drawing the proposed sand painting on a fabric scrap in preparation for preparing a sand painting.
Modern memory aids seemed to have appeared on the market in the 1980s and were being made by Dennis and Bruce Hathale of the four corners area of New Mexico, around Farmington. It was likely a trader in Farmington, Jack Beasley, who marketed the new memory aids. It is not known whether these newly made memory aids were true representation of sand paintings or just drawings made by the Hathale brothers. The style, material and pigments are very similar for all the paintings, an indication that they were made by the same person or same family.
Condition: good
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Phone: (785) 227-2217
email: raymer@redbarnstudio.org
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