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Catalog Number CAS 2015-0004-0001   CAS 2015-0004-0001; Lithograph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Lithograph
Culture Sandia Pueblo/Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Robert Montoya (aka Soe-Khuwa-Pin) (b. 1947)
Date of Manufacture 1979
Collection Name N/A
Materials Paper; Ink
Description Lithograph titled “A Gift of Life” showing a woman holding a pot in her right hand and reaching out her left hand toward a deer; A corn stalk topped with a katsina face and a leafy plant frame the two figures; Feathers adorn the heads of the katsina, woman and deer; Edition # 24/50, printed in 1979 by Joy Purmal Baker; Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on lower right, titled lower center; Copyright blind stamp on lower right reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 46.4, Length = 30.5