- Artist:
- Williams, David Emmett (Tos-que)
- Title:
- Dance of the Mountain Gods
- Description:
- A painting of four Apache dancers consisting of three Gahn dancers and a clown. The three Gahn dancers have their upper bodies painted black, with a white star on both their front and back and white zigzags down their arms. Their faces are also painted black, and a red scarf is covering the lower portion of their faces. They are wearing three different headpieces, fringed buckskin kilts, bands of bells on their calves and Apache dance boots. They are each facing a different direction as they dance and whirl around. The clown's body is painted gray with a bull's eye in the center of his back. He is wearing a potato-sack kilt with a cowbell at the back and Apache boots. His head is covered with a sack mask.
- Subjects:
- Kiowa (culture or style) Tonkawa (culture or style) Apache (culture or style)
- Source:
- Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Source Identifier:
- jmz.294
- Size:
- image: 20 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.; framed: 25 5/8 x 37 3/4 in.
- Frame:
- Wood (plant material); Dark brown
- Media:
- Watercolor (paint)
- Signature:
- David Williams 2/feather (printed, lower right)
- Condition:
- undamaged
- Provenance:
- Purchased by Jack and Maxine Zarrow, circa April 1991. On the dust cover: "'Dance of the Mountain Gods' by David Williams, Sept. 21, 1980." Glued to the dust cover: "'Dance of the Mountain Gods.' This dance is a ceremonial dance being performed by the San Carlos Apache in Arizona. The dancers are to frighten away evil spirits during the young girl's puberty rites. While the girls are being attended to by their medicine man in a 4 - day ceremony, the 'fire dancers' dance all night long around a large fire. Their appearance and vocal sounds made have a fearful affect on the spectators. Sept. 21, 1980."
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Dance of the Mountain Gods", The Maxine & Jack Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Reference Link:
- https://zarrow.library.okstate.edu/_site/items/jmz.294.html
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