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Title
Cochiti Corn Dance
Creator
Peña, Tonita, 1893-1949
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920-1930
Publication Information
Ella Strong Denison Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Pueblo and Plains Indian Watercolors
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/
Description
This painting depicts a man and woman in ceremonial regalia adorned with evergreen cuttings. The man has a rattle; the woman wears a tablita headdress. On recto: (Cochiti Corn Dance) (Tonita Peña) no. 19.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
pap00007.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/pap/id/28
Language
English
Subject
San Ildefonso
Corn
Ceremonial objects
Indian textile fabrics-North America
Indians of North America-New Mexico
Pueblo Indians in art
Pueblo women
Pueblo men
Pueblo Indians-Religion
Pueblo Indians-Agriculture
Time Period
20th century
Place
New Mexico
Source
Watercolor on paper, 11.25 x 8.75 inches; Hartley Burr Alexander Collection of American Indian Artwork, box 1, folder 7
Relation
Pueblo and Plains Indian Watercolors - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/pap

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