Catalog Number |
CAS 2008-0002-0003 | |
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 Blossomâ€, 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 |