Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1243 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting ("Fire Dance") | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | Santa Fe | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Santa Fe | |
| Maker's Name | Quincy Tahoma (ca. 1920-1956) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1941 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on paper | |
| Description | Painting on gray-brown construction paper entitled "Fire Dance" depicting two Navajo Night Chant dancers encircling large bonfire from which a huge and highly stylized smoke column rises; Dancers wear only breechclouts and have their bodies painted with clay; Dancers brandish flaming torches; Signature "Tahoma 1941" is printed in black paint in lower right corner, beneath a miniature silhouette showing the two dancers; Written on reverse is the following, "Fire Dance, by Quincy Tahoma, Indian School, Santa Fe, New Mexico, price $10.00." | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 40.8, Length = 57.0 | |