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Ye’ii bicheii dancers within pictorial tapestry
Date:	1980
Artist:	Della Woody Begay, born c. 1930
Clan:	Tábaahá, born for Ma’ii deeshgiizhnii[?] (Water’s Edge, Coyote Pass People)
Size:	34" x 22"
Count:	100 wefts/inch

“Della Woody Begay creates unique scenes-within-scenes showing ye’ii bicheii dancers and traditionally dressed Navajo people. Her detailed work and superfine tapestry weave is impossible to copy, even by family members, many of whom weave miniature rugs. Her jagged clouds are a special feature of her designs.” —Ann Hedlund

“I get it—they’re holding up a rug!” —Michael Ornelas

“Notice how the clouds are geometric forms.” —Barbara Ornelas