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Juan Maso performing Yaqui Deer Dance
Juan Maso performing Yaqui Deer Dance
Object Number 45-30-10/100536.1.10
Display Title Juan Maso performing Yaqui Deer Dance
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Yaqui / Arizona / "Juan Maso" / Yaqui Deer Dance - fast becoming nil. Developed picture from knowledge of Dance. Must be danced out of doors, not in a church. Gourds - red orange. Yaquis rotate gourds for rain with swishing sound; Hopis shake gourds up and down fiercely for rain. Sept. 4, 1940 - Pasqua Village, Tuscon, Arizona.
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Drawing and Graphics
  • Proper Name
Subject
  • Man
  • Drawing
  • Dance
Department Photographic
Date Sept. 4, 1940
Culture
  • Yaqui
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Pima County / Tucson
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 27.6226 × 16.8275 cm (10 7/8 × 6 5/8 in.)

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