Deer Dancer

Artist Pablita Velarde 1918 Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico - 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico

Datelate 20th century

Mediumearth pigments on board

Dimensionsimage: 23 1/2 × 11 5/8 in. (59.7 × 29.5 cm)
frame: 30 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 3/4 in. (77.5 × 47 × 1.9 cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the estate of Ruth and Sidney Schultz

Object numberPC2022.44.137

DescriptionAn earth pigment painting of a deer dancer seen in profile. The figure wears antlers on their head and holds two short canes that touch the ground. They wear regalia decorated with pine branches and tassels. The background of the image features an organic shape and a stepped motif painted in different shades of brown and outlined with thin black and white lines.

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