COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
SAAM.1979.144.24
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:
Buffalo Man, Buffalo Dance
Title Type:
Title
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 1920-1930
Creation Start Date:
1920
Creation End Date:
1930
Materials and Techniques:
watercolor and pencil on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 9 x 6 1/4 in. (23.0 x 15.9 cm.)
AMICA Contributor:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location:
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number:
1979.144.24
Credit Line:
Corbin-Henderson Collection, gift of Alice H. Rossin
Inscriptions:
lower right in watercolor: Awa Tsireh-back upper left in ink: Hendersonback upperleft in pencil $3 00 (erased but still legible) (second zero underlined)back upper rightin pencil: 3 (erased but still legible)back upper left in pencil: Buffalo dance (erasedbut still legible)
Copyright:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Related Image Identifier Link:
SAAM.1979.144.24.tif
