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Portrait of Chis-Chili
[Navajo Name: Tsii’ Ch’ilí, Curly-Hair] 1908 By Elbridge Ayer Burbank Maternal Clan: Lók’aa’ Dine’é [Reed People] Paternal Clan: Unknown Spouse: Asdzaa Ts’ah Children: John Curley, Chischilly Begay, Tom Curley, and Chischilly Sani Bitzi [The daughter of Old Curly Hair]. 2nd Wife: Bina'onil Children: John Curley, Dolth Curley, Dasilah Curley Chis-Chili was approximately 45 years old when this portrait was drawn. He was from Leeyááni [the area just north of Hubbell Trading Post], and is part Hopi. Chis-Chili and his wife, Asdzaa Ts’ah went to Fort Sumner. He is related to the Bluehouse and Ralph Jones’ families. Curly Hair posed for the painting, “Navajo Poker Game”[see HUTR 5277] where he wore a beige shirt, green bandana and a necklace. His son John Curley married Elizabeth Shepherd [see HUTR 2019], Chischilly Begay married Alnabaa daughter of Miguelito [see HUTR 3426]. Another son, Tom Curley married Marie Curley, also daughter of Miguelito [see HUTR 2012]. Conte crayon on paper. L 38.0, W 26.7 cm Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, HUTR 1941 |
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