COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
SAAM.1979.144.15
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name:
Tsireh, Awa
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
ca 1895-ca. 1955
Biography:
Member of both Navajo and San ildefonso tribal groups. Self-taught. Additional artists in the family includehis mother Alfoncita Roybal, aunt TonitaRoybal, uncle Crecencio Martinez, uncle Juan and sister Santana Martinez(the daughter-in-law of Julian Martinez head of another artistic family). Was the leader of the San Ildefonsoartists.
Creator Name-CRT:
Awa Tsireh
Title:
Hunting Priest, Buffalo Dance
Title Type:
Title
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 1917-1925
Creation Start Date:
1917
Creation End Date:
1925
Materials and Techniques:
watercolor and pencil on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 x 8 1/2 in. (30.5 x 21.5 cm.)
AMICA Contributor:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location:
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number:
1979.144.15
Credit Line:
Corbin-Henderson Collection, gift of Alice H. Rossin
Inscriptions:
lower right in pencil: Awah-tsireh (sic)lower center in pencil: 4back upper left inink: Hunting Priest, in/The Buffalo Dance-/by awa-Tsireh-backing mat verso upper left infelt-tipped pen and ink: THE BUffALO DANCE
Copyright:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Related Image Identifier Link:
SAAM.1979.144.15.tif
