Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1057 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | San Ildefonso Pueblo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | San Ildefonso Pueblo | |
| Maker's Name | Encarnacion Peña (Enkay Peña, Soqueen) (1902-1979) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1954 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque tempera on paper | |
| Description | Painting on white paper entitled "Eagle Dance" depicting 2 dancers, both shown in 3/4 left profile and identically dressed in black leggings, fringed leather kilt with green plumed serpent motif, black shirt, eagle feather "wings" along their arms, and white head cap with protruding green "beak"; Dancers are shown with their knees bent and their arms outstretched, against plain white background; Title "Eagle Dance" and signature "Enky [sic] Peña" are handwritten in pencil in lower right corner. See CAS 0370-1058 for mirror image of this painting, the outlines of one apparently traced to produce the other, and then painted in. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 50.9, Length = 33.1 | |