Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art (1937-1977)

Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Item

Identifier: 2000.6.148

Dates: undated

Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Papers from the Ghost Ranch Library / Subject Files / Exhibitions

Item

Identifier: 2000.6.193

Dates: 1941

Found in: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum / Papers from the Ghost Ranch Library / Subject Files / Publication Purchasing and Inserts

Also known by the following names:

Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian (1977) (Earlier Form of Related)

Description

The museum's earliest names were the Navajo House of Prayer and the House of Navajo Religion, but, soon after it opened to the public, its name officially became the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art. In 1977 the museum therefore repatriated several Navajo medicine bundles and other items to the Navajo people. With the repatriation of 1977, the museum changed its name to the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.

Wheelwright, Mary Cabot, 1878-1958 (Associative with Related)

Description

The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian was founded in 1937 by Mary Cabot Wheelwright, who came from Boston, and Hastiin Klah, a Navajo singer and medicine man.
Klah, Hosteen, 1867-1937 (Associative with Related)

Description

The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian was founded in 1937 by Mary Cabot Wheelwright, who came from Boston, and Hastiin Klah, a Navajo singer and medicine man.