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Object Number 986-14-10/60047
Display Title "Sacred Clown and Sacred Pole."
Descriptions
Object Description "Sacred Clown and Sacred Pole." Left side view of a man painted white with black vertical stripes, green bush aroung his waist, wrist & ankles, and 2 long ears with tassels on his head. He is holding a long pole with colorful figure with a blue head and square black mask, in a long white dress with feathers. Watercolor.
Classification
  • Painting
Date 1930 ca.
Artist Quah-Ah
Culture
  • San Ildefonso
  • Cochiti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / Sandoval County / <City> / Cochiti Pueblo
Materials Watercolor
Dimensions Overall: 38.5 x 19.5 cm (15 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Provenance
Dealer Dewey-Kofron Gallery (7/12/79)
Collector Byron Harvey, III (7/12/79 - 3/13/86)
Donor Byron Harvey, III (7/12/79 - 3/13/86)

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