Diné (Navajo) Pair of Original Paintings of Feather Dancers [SOLD]

The Navajo Feather Dance is one that entails a drummer who, during the dance, beats upon an overturned basket to provide the beat for the dancer.  To the rhythm of the basket-drum, dancers begin a dance beating time with a pair of square frames, hung with feathers. There can be any number of dancers, both male and female.

In this pair of original paintings, Begay has featured a single male and a single female, each its own painting and each framed separately in matched framing style.  Both paintings are signed with Begay's Native name as well as his English name.

Condition: both appear to be in original condition

Provenance: from the collection of a gentleman from Colorado

Recommended Reading: Southwest Indian Painting: A Changing Art by Clara Lee Tanner