Mother Earth & Father Sky

Mother Earth & Father Sky

1995
Artist
Lucy Leuppe McKelvey, Navajo
Work Locations: Utah
Active Dates: 1973 -
Culture
Navajo
Country
United States
Object
canteen
Medium
Turqoise, leather, clay, and paint
Accession Number
2003.1153
Credit Line
Gift of Virginia Vogel Mattern

Lucy Leuppe McKelvey (Navajo), Mother Earth & Father Sky, 1995. Turqoise, leather, clay, and paint; 11¼ x 13 x 4⅞ in. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Virginia Vogel Mattern, 2003.1153

Dimensions
height: 11 1/4 in, 28.5750 cm; diameter: 13 in, 33.0200 cm; depth: 4 7/8 in, 12.3825 cm
Inscription
Signed: "Lucy Leuppe McKelvey / Asozaan Kiisaani / Navajo 'Mother Earth / & Father Sky'"--back.
Department
Native Arts
Collection
Indigenous Arts of North America
Known Provenance
Purchased 1995 from (Tanner Chaney Gallery) Albuquerque, NM by Virginia Vogel Mattern; gifted 12/9/2003 to the Denver Art Museum