Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1133 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Santa Clara Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Rio Arriba | |
| Other Geographic Data | Santa Clara Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan) (1918-2006) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1932-1936 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Tempera on paper | |
| Description | Painting entitled "Santa Clara Pueblo Corn Dance", depicting four men wearing dance kilts and carrying rattles and four women wearing pueblo-style one-shoulder dresses and tabletas dancing in linear group, all facing the center; Signature "Pablita Velande" (sic) is printed in lower right corner with ghost image of second signature slightly above and to the right. Pablita Velarde is the mother of Helen Hardin, whose early paintings are represented in the CAS painting collection, and the sister of Legoria Tafoya, whose pottery is represented in the CAS pottery collection. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 50.1, Length = 20.7 | |