Hosteen Klah

Hosteen Klah
Hosteen Klah in middle age.
Born
Navajo: Hastiin Tłʼa, Awééʼ ashkii

1867
Bear Mountain, near Fort Wingate, New Mexico
DiedFebruary 27, 1937
NationalityAmerican / Navajo
Known forWeaver, artist and medicine man (chanting and sandpainting)
MovementFounded the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian with Mary Cabot Wheelwright
A weaving based on a Whirling Log ceremony sand painting by Klah, circa 1925.

Hosteen Klah (Navajo: Hastiin Tłʼa, 1867– February 27, 1937)[1] was a Navajo artist and medicine man. He documented aspects of Navajo religion and related ceremonial practices. As a traditional nádleehi person, he was both a ceremonial singer and master weaver.

  1. ^ "Hosteen Klah". www.heardguild.org. Retrieved 2018-03-06.