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Catalog Number

CAS 2008-0002-0003   CAS 2008-0002-0003; Painting
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