COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
SAAM.1979.144.9
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:
The Monarch in the Matachina
Title Type:
Title
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 1917-1919
Creation Start Date:
1917
Creation End Date:
1919
Materials and Techniques:
watercolor, ink, and pencil on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (36.0 x 24.6 cm.)
AMICA Contributor:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location:
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number:
1979.144.9
Credit Line:
Corbin-Henderson Collection, gift of Alice Rossin
Inscriptions:
lower right in pencil: Awah-tsireh (sic)back upper left in pen and ink: The Monarch-in the Matachina-(underlined)/an old Spanish mystery play, brought/from old Mexico to NewMexico-/and danced both by Mexicans/and Indians./water-color by Awa-Tsireh-back upperleft in pencil: 24 (in a circle)backing mat verso upper left in ballpoint pen and ink:the monarch-in the Matachines
Copyright:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Related Image Identifier Link:
SAAM.1979.144.9.tif
