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Charlie Willeto
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Charlie Willeto
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Art Brokerage: Charlie Willeto American Navajo Indian, Folk Artist: b. 1900-1965. Charlie Willeto was born in Nageezi, New Mexico. A traditional Navajo sheepherder, Charlie Willeto began carving in the early 1960s, only a few years before his death. He used his works as barter—a standard form of trade on the reservation—for groceries at the Mauzy Trading Post near Lybrook. Jim Mauzy accepted Willeto's carvings, although they differed from the more conventional Navajo crafts of weaving and silverwork. Only one other life-sized carving exists; most of Willeto's four hundred figures range in size from twelve to thirty inches. Willeto's figures came from a heritage of carving that had little to do with commercial signs. A Navajo curing rite, 'awééshíín'análnééh, prominently featured the carving of human figurines. These were usually between four and eight inches long, and were used only in a religious context specific to that ceremony. After the rite's completion, the doll-like carvings were usually taken to sacred sites and left with paired male and female prayer sticks. Willeto's statuesque figures are almost identical in form to many of these small, stylized carvings found in regions of the reservation where 'awééshíín'análnééh was performed. The painted markings may be decorative reminders of the jeweled inlay and painted bands found on many surviving examples of the figures. Listings wanted.
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Sculpture: Wood Carving, Not Signed, Unique
Size: 17x6 in | 43x15 cm
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Size: 23x31 in | 59x79 cm
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Sculpture: Oil Paint on Plastic Container, Hand Signed, Original, Numbered 22.000.438
Size: 10x5 in | 25x13 cm
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Size: 23x28 in | 58x71 cm
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Size: 26x18 in | 66x46 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Caldograph (Dye Sublimation on Wood), Hand Signed, From the EA Edition of 130
Size: 15x11 in | 38x29 cm
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Original Painting: Acrylic on Paper, Hand Signed
Size: 41x29 in | 104x74 cm
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Size: 30x22 in | 76x56 cm
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Limited Edition Print: Stone Lithograph Printed on Arches Cover White, Foundry Signature w/ Stamp, From the Edition of 225
Size: 27x36 in | 69x91 cm
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Size: 24x11 in | 62x29 cm
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Size: 28x22 in | 70x56 cm
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Size: 41x30 in | 104x76 cm
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Size: 10x8 in | 25x20 cm
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