| Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1206 |
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| Category |
Visual Arts |
| Object Name |
Painting |
| Culture |
Cochiti Pueblo |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
New Mexico |
| County |
Sandoval |
| Other Geographic
Data |
Cochiti Pueblo |
| Maker's Name |
Theodore Suina (Ku-Pe-Ru) (b. 1918) |
| Date of Manufacture |
1958 |
| Collection Name |
Elkus Collection (Native American) |
| Materials |
Opaque watercolor on brown illustration board |
| Description |
Painting on brown mat board entitled "Koshare in Prayer of Thanks" depicting Koshare clown standing at left and shown in left profile with his arms held out in front; His body is painted in alternating gray and brown stripes and he wears blue breechclout and cape; 4 cornstalks are shown in right foreground against outline of pueblo in background; Rainbow arch ending in deity's body curves upward from pueblo to left edge and 3 stylized clouds fill the sky; Signature "Ku-Pe-Ru '58" is printed in brown paint in lower right corner; "Theodore Suina, Cochiti Pueblo, Pena Blanca, N. Mex. Koshare in Prayer of Thanks, $40.00" is handwritten in pencil on reverse. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 51.1, Length = 72.1 |