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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1215   CAS 0370-1215; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Hopi
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Navajo
Other Geographic Data Hopi Indian Reservation; Second Mesa; Village: Shungopovi
Maker's Name Fred Kabotie (Naqavoy'ma) (1900-1986)
Date of Manufacture 1954
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on paper
Description Painting entitled "Clowns Getting Ready", depicting interior kiva scene with 5 Koshare dancers each with his body painted in alternating black and white stripes and wearing a horned headdress; One adult dancer applies body paint to younger dancer in left foreground, while 3 other adult dancers converse in right background; Ladder extends up through kiva roof and pueblo style drum hands on wall; Signed "Kabotie" in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 37.4, Length = 50.8