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“First Dancers/Fringed Mouth Gods, Nightway Chant”
Date:	1983
Artist:	Mary Long, c. 1935-2000
Size:	68" x 68"
Count:	38 wefts/inch

“Various Holy People are depicted here, as they are in temporary ceremonial paintings made of ground pigments and sand. Can you identify the four sacred plants—corn, beans, squash, and tobacco?” —Ann Hedlund