Bidspirit auction | Dennis Hathale, Buffalo People, Sand

Dennis Hathale, Buffalo People, Sand Painting on Muslin Bed Sheet, Framed - Dennis Hathale (American) Buffalo People Sand painting on muslin bed sheet Signed and named on verso in left and right lower corners Inside a black wooden frame behind glass Dimensions: H 12.5 x W 28.5 x D 1 inches Condition: Behind glass but appears to be in good condition and displays well  In the 1980s, Dennis Hathale and his brother Bruce were engaged in making sand paintings on muslin bed sheets, which are called memory aids. Memory aids are sketches of successful sand paintings and are used by a medicine man when preparing a sand painting for a healing ceremony. Bruce Hathale was a son of Roger Hathale, known as “the medicine man from Tes Nez Iah, ” the patriarch of the family whose family name was Hataalii before it was anglicized.