Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2008-0002-0003 | |
| 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 “Squash Blossom”, depicting single young Native American woman or girl shown standing in full frontal view, dressed in a long buckskin dress with fringed sleeves and hemline, buckskin moccasins, and a silver squash blossom necklace; In her hands held in front of her, the woman clasps a small doll wearing a red calico dress; Artist’s signature “Pop Chalee” is printed in black paint just below and to the right of the woman; Title “Squash Blossom” is printed in green ink along one edge on reverse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 21.9, Length = 26.1 | |