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Object Number
45-30-10/100536.1.11
Display Title
Juana (Amarillas) de Matus and Mariano Matus
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: Yaqui / Arizona / Juana (Amarillas) de Matus / Yaqui. A grand old Lady of Nature, great character and dignity combined. Age at time 85. The most wrinkles I ever drew. / Mariano Matus / Fourth husband. Drawn at Pasqua Village, Tuscon, Arizona, 1940. Cruel spring cacti seemed a fitting background for her stormy and tragic past. She fled as a girl from cruel persecution of the Diaz regime. Note natural "cross on her forehead and Mariano's nose.
Keywords
- Drawing and Graphics
- Ethnographic
- Proper Name
Subject
- Dance
- Drawing
- Man
Department
Photographic
Date
Sept. 4, 1940
Culture
- Yaqui
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
Pima County
/
Tucson
Dimensions
Overall: 27.6226 × 16.8275 cm (10 7/8 × 6 5/8 in.)
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