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This is a superlative Original Painting of a Single Antelope Dancer by Julian Martinez, one of the premier pueblo painters of the early 20th century. This fantastic, evocative, and subtly beautiful image depicts an Antelope Dancer in profile, and is executed in gouache on paper. The figure was created in contour with pencil and then wonderfully realized in opaque pigment, with all the traditional accoutrements of the dancer. The prominent headdress frames the coal-black face of the dancer, with feathered embellishments falling to the rear, over the dancer's back and neck. A hand-woven cotton sash secures the oversize shirt, with a fine polychrome dance kilt, embellished yarn/trade bell garters, feathered dance wands, and embellished moccasins completing the ensemble. 

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