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Deer Dancer
Deer Dancer
Deer Dancer

Deer Dancer

Artist (1918 Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico - 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Datelate 20th century
Mediumearth pigments on board
Dimensionsboard: 24 × 12 in. (61 × 30.5 cm)
frame: 30 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 1 in. (77.5 × 47 × 2.5 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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