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Original Painting of an Antelope Katsina by Kyrate Tuvahoema - C3788B
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Thu, Jul 14th 2016, 5:09pm
A student of Indian schools at Hopi Pueblo as well as in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, Kyrate Tuvahoema (1914-1942), was known for his depictions of Katsinas that were "tall and lean, but with good detail and color in costume, mask, and paraphernalia.Tanner Modeling, or the use of shading to give depth, was not Tuvahoema's strong suit, but his drafting was thought to be very precise. Tuvahoema spent much of his adult life in sanatoriums in Arizona following completion of school. He died from tuberculosis at the age of 28. Most of his paintings were done in the late 1930s.