Mana (Basket Dancer)
Artist
Pablita Velarde
(1918 Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico - 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Artist
Horacio Valdez
(1929 Dixon, New Mexico - 1992 Apodaca, New Mexico)
Date1982
Mediumacrylic and stain on pine panel
Dimensionsboard: 10 1/8 × 8 in. (25.7 × 20.3 cm)
frame: 13 5/8 × 11 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (34.6 × 29.2 × 4.4 cm)
frame: 13 5/8 × 11 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (34.6 × 29.2 × 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings, Pastels & Watercolors
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Gary Bommelaere
Object numberPC2022.57.8
DescriptionA painting of a basket dancer. The dancer is wearing a brown mask with a feather on the top and red and yellow stripes outlined in white on the cheeks. They also wear a tan cloak around their shoulders, a black dress with a dark red belt, and white leg wrappings. The dancer holds an ochre basket with a brown, red, and white geometric design. They stand in the center of the image, in front of a brown, black, white, and grey geometric stepped-design background.On View
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