COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
SAAM.1979.144.2
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:
Eagle Dancers
Title Type:
Title
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 1917-1925
Creation Start Date:
1917
Creation End Date:
1925
Materials and Techniques:
watercolor, ink, and pencil on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (23.5 x 34.8 cm.)
AMICA Contributor:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location:
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number:
1979.144.2
Credit Line:
Corbin-Henderson Collection, gift of Alice Rossin
Inscriptions:
back upper left in ink: The Eagle-Dance-/by Awa-Tsireh-lower left in pencil: 17backupper left in pencil: 17. (in a circle)backing mat verso upper left in ballpoint pen andink: The Eagle Dance/By Awa Tsireh
Copyright:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Related Image Identifier Link:
SAAM.1979.144.2.tif
