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Navajo War Ceremonial by Jeff King

Title: Where the Two Came to Their Father: A Navajo War Ceremonial
Author: King, Jeff
Description: 18 silkscreen plates, 24x18, loose in two-tone cloth portfolio, as issued. With accompanying wrapper-bound quarto text booklet. First Edition.The first publication of the Bollingen Series. The images represent the various stages of a Navajo ceremony first performed for warriors preparing for raiding parties, but which later evolved into a rite for holistic health. The images are reproductions of sand paintings by Navajo singer Jeff King.
Heading: Place Published: New York
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: [1943]