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 × 5.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Estate of Ralph and Clarabelle Looney
Object numberPA2006.021.352
DescriptionTwo men play music during The Blessing of the Animals Ceremony in the plaza of Old Town Albuquerque, New Mexico. They are sitting in the gazebo. A man in the foreground sits on a wooden bench and plays a guitar. He is wearing a plaid blazer and a sombrero. He has a tattoo of a heart with a cross and letters in it on the back of his left hand. In the background, near the left of the frame, a second man sits and plays a bandolón.On View
Not on view
