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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 2008-0002-0002   CAS 2008-0002-0002; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Taos Pueblo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Taos
Other Geographic Data Taos Pueblo
Maker's Name Pop Chalee (Merina Lujan Hopkins) (1906-1993)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1940
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Tempera paint
Description Tempera painting on white card stock entitled “Stinky”, depicting single figure of a skunk, shown in left profile sitting atop several stylized earthen mounds that are outlined in pink and gray and planted with several green shrubs or grasses with red flowers; Skunk is depicted with a floral-like motif just behind its eye; Artist’s signature “Pop Chalee” is printed in gray paint just below and to the right of the drawing; Title “Stinky” is printed in ink along one edge on the reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 22.1, Length = 26.0