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Original Painting of a Corn Dance Procession at San Ildefonso by J. D. Roybal - C3524F
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Tue, Aug 9th 2016, 2:42pm
José Disiderio (J.D.) Roybal [1922-1978] Oquwa - Rain God was an accomplished artist. He spent a considerable amount of his time painting small notecard size paintings of a single dancer or two, but occasionally he painted a large painting of aCorn Dance or Harvest Dance scene such as this one. This painting has 16 dancers in a procession line. The women carry evergreen twigs in both hands and the men have evergreen twigs in one hand and a gourd rattle in the other. It is the summer Corn Dance, a time when the banner carrier does not participate.