DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Female Yei Bi Chei figure

NameFigure

CultureDiné (Navajo)

Date1955 - 1958

(not assigned)North America

MediumWool, leather, fur, glass beads, plastic

Dimensions5 3/16 × 2 1/2 × 1 3/16 in. (13.1 × 6.3 × 3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mary Daniels, A.2012.20.2

Terms

Fort Defiance

Object numberA.2012.20.2

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionStanding knit wool figure with off-white body, green head, black yarn ruff around face, wearing a turquoise blue and pink glass bead necklace, a royal blue and red kilt with silver sequins, a light tan leather belt ornamented with sequins, and black leather moccasins with off-white soles and sequin conchos.