San Ildefonso Painting of a Navajo Dance [SOLD]
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- Category: Paintings
- Origin: San Ildefonso Pueblo, Po-woh-ge-oweenge
- Medium: watercolor
- Size: 12” x 20-3/4” image;
21” x 29-3/4” framed - Item # C3546 SOLD
San Ildefonso potter Russell Sanchez said that this was a San Ildefonso dance relating to the Navajo and that it is rarely performed now. At this time, I do not know any other details about the dance but will up-date this description as we learn more.
The painting shows four dancers dressed in white, each wearing a Navajo-style headband with a feather sticking up in the back. The men each has his hair tied up in a chonga as is traditional with the Navajo.
The painting was executed in watercolor on brown paper and is devoid of any features other than the four dancers and the plane on which they stand. It is signed Julian Martinez.
Condition: extraordinary condition for its age
Provenance: from a gentleman in Tucson, Arizona
Recommended Reading: The Legacy of Maria Poveka Martinez by Richard Spivey
- Category: Paintings
- Origin: San Ildefonso Pueblo, Po-woh-ge-oweenge
- Medium: watercolor
- Size: 12” x 20-3/4” image;
21” x 29-3/4” framed - Item # C3546 SOLD
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