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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1197   CAS 0370-1197; Painting
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 Gilbert Atencio (Wah Peen) (1930-1995)
Date of Manufacture 1962
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Tempera on paper
Description Untitled painting on heavy white paper, folded to form Christmas card; Painting on front depicts stylized parrot, painted with geometric patterns in colors of gray, rust brown, turquoise, light brown, and yellow; Signature "Gilbert Atencio 62" is printed in gray paint in lower right corner; Handwritten message inside reads "To Wish You Peace, Joy + Happiness for Christmas + The New Year, Fr. Gilbert Atencio." Gilbert Atencio was the son of Isabel Montoya Atencio, the brother of Helen Gutierrez, and the nephew of sisters Desideria Montoya Sanchez and Maria Martinez, all of whose work is also represented in the CAS collection.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.4, Length = 17.9