Artist:
White Deer, Waylon Gary
Title:
Green corn ceremonial
Date Created:
1978
Description:
A painting of 13 figures dancing around a campfire on the right side of the painting. On the left side, partially superimposed over the dance scene is an ear of multi-colored flint corn and the heads of a man and a woman. The man is wearing a red turban and the woman's head is silhouetted against a moon.
Subjects:
Choctaw (culture or style)
Source:
Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
Source Identifier:
jmz.308
Size:
image: 17 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.; framed: 25 3/4 x 20 3/4 in.
Frame:
Wood (plant material)
Media:
Casein paint; Gouache (paint)
Signature:
White Deer '78 (printed, lower left)
Condition:
undamaged; cardboard backing
Provenance:
Purchased by Jack and Maxine Zarrow at the Five Civilized Tribes Museum's annual art show, Muskogee, OK, October 14, 1979. On a label glued to the dust cover: "#80 'Green Corn Ceremonial' by Gary White Deer (Choctaw) casein. 2nd Prize - Choctaw and Indian Heritage; Awards. '79 5 Civilized Tribes Muskogee."
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Green corn ceremonial", The Maxine & Jack Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
Reference Link:
https://zarrow.library.okstate.edu/_site/items/jmz.308.html
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