Original Painting “Untitled—Hopi Buffalo Dance” [SOLD]

One of Fred Kabotie’s most talented students, Raymond Naha is known for being one of the first Native American Artists to break away from the two dimensional style of Dorothy Dunn’s Santa Fe Indian School. This painting is characteristic of his ability to render exquisite detail and a sense of movement. It is a painting of three Buffalo Dancers, two women and a man. The Buffalo Dance is a dance which celebrates the hunt and gives blessing for the hope of the abundance of game. Naha has painted the dancers with precision, with vibrant colors and accurate depiction of the traditional paraphernalia. The watercolor is signed by the artist.

The price of the painting has been set at a low value because it requires new matting and framing. The current owner’s choice of matting does not enhance the painting and the frame is marred in some places. New mating and framing will do wonders for the piece.