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Object Number
54-27-10/74676
Display Title
"Three dancers," probably Buffalo Dance
Descriptions
Object Description
"Three Dancers," probably Buffalo Dance. Watercolor
Classification
- Painting
Department
Prints and Drawings
Date
ca. 1884
Artist
Jose Marto Toya
Culture
- Jemez
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
/
Sandoval County
/
Jemez Pueblo
Additional Geographic Terms
Jemez?
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Dimensions
Overall: 20.5 x 29.3 cm (8 1/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
Label on object
No. 87. New Mexico: Jemez? prob. Buffalo Dance from Fred Harvey Coll. ca. 1900-1915. Center Dancer (female) wears Hopi kilt as blouse, white leather moccasins. Outside dancers male are black like Hopi Buffalo Kachina on Second Mesa. They wear buffalo horns. The kilt is a snake-Design, non-hopi similar to San Ildefonso, for example. Hopi sashes, red leather moccasins. Byron Harvey.
Provenance
Provenance
Fred Harvey Company
(01/01/1900-01/01/1915)
Intermediary
Mr. Schweitzer
(01/01/1900-01/01/1915)
Donor
Byron Harvey, III
(6/7/1954)
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