- Artist:
- Asah, Spencer
- Title:
- Ceremonial
- Description:
- A painting of three figures, consisting of two men and a woman, involved in a ceremony. The woman is standing on the left in the background and is facing slightly to the right. She is wearing a beaded and fringed buckskin dress and has a red shawl over her right arm. To her right, in the foreground, a man is kneeling on his left knee and beating a drum. He is dressed in a war bonnet, a red breechclout with a wide beaded belt, black beaded leggings and fully beaded moccasins. To his right and in the background, there is a man playing a Native American flute. His hair is braided and wrapped with fur and he is wearing a fringed breechclout and shirt, as well as red pants.
- Subjects:
- Kiowa (culture or style)
- Source:
- Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Source Identifier:
- jmz.292
- Size:
- image: 17 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.; framed: 28 5/8 x 22 5/8 in.
- Frame:
- Oak (wood); Liming
- Media:
- Tempera
- Signature:
- S. Asah (printed, lower right)
- Condition:
- staining; foxing; paint loss of the woman's face; conservation mounting; conservation glass
- Provenance:
- Purchased by Jack and Maxine Zarrow from Doris Littrell at the Oklahoma Indian Art Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK, July 21, 1992. The Zarrows purchased this painting via mail and phone conversations with Ms. Littrell. On a tag attached by a string: "Spencer Asah, 'Ceremonial'...." On the dust cover: "From the collection of Mr. Boren, President of South Western College, Weatherford, OK (1940 - 1950). Placed on consignment to Okla. Indian Art Gallery, 1991. Purchased from Oklahoma Indian Art Gallery in 1992 (Doris Littrell) Oklahoma City. Received from above in July 1992."
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Ceremonial", The Maxine & Jack Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Reference Link:
- https://zarrow.library.okstate.edu/_site/items/jmz.292.html
Rights
- Rights:
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