Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1140 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | San Ildefonso Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | San Ildefonso Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Gilbert Atencio (Wah Peen) (1930-1995) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1951 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Painting on white paper entitled "The Corn Dance" depicts ceremonial dancers including drummer, standard bearer, 2 female and 2 male dancers, and Koshare clown; All figures except Koshare are shown in right profile; Koshare has body painted in broad gray and white stripes and wears blue breechclout; Male dancers wear moccasins, white embroidered kilts, gray shirts, white rain sashes, and fox skin tails and carry gourd rattles; Barefooted female dancers wear black dresses and wooden tabletas and carry spruce boughs; Standard bearer in green pants and orange shirt carries flag-like standard; Drummer plays barrel drum; Signature "By Gilbert Atencio 51" is printed in black ink in lower right corner. Gilbert Atencio was the son of Isabel Montoya Atencio, the brother of Helen Gutierrez, and the nephew of sisters Desideria Montoya Sanchez and Maria Martinez, all of whose work is also represented in the CAS collection. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 58.3, Length = 41.0 | |