Musicians at The Blessing of the Animals Ceremony
Photographer
Ralph Looney
(1924 Lexington, Kentucky - 2000 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date1960
Mediumsilver negative
Dimensions2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in. (5.6 × 5.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Estate of Ralph and Clarabelle Looney
Object numberPA2006.021.344
DescriptionA man sits on a wooden bench in the gazebo of the plaza in Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is playing a bandolón and wearing a sombrero as he looks toward the right of the camera during The Blessing of the Animals Ceremony. A second man stands and rests his right leg on the arm of the wooden bench. He is wearing a very large-brimmed sombrero while he leans on his right knee and looks toward the left of the camera. People are seated on the edge of the gazebo wall in the background.On View
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