- Artist:
- Sandy, Percy Tsisete
- Title:
- First rain call by a young rain priest of Zuni
- Description:
- A painting of two ceremonial figures. The figure on the left is dancing and holding out two feathers toward stylized clouds. He is facing right and wearing a sash and a kilt that are both hand-woven and embroidered. The figure on the right is facing left. He is blowing on a long flute or pipe that is pointed toward what appears to be a spring. He is wrapped in an embroidered blanket and is wearing leather leggings.
- Subjects:
- Zuni
- Source:
- Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Source Identifier:
- jmz.34
- Size:
- image: 10 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.; framed 20 1/2 x 18 in.
- Frame:
- Wood (plant material)
- Media:
- Gouache (paint)
- Signature:
- Kai-Sa (printed, lower right)
- Condition:
- undamaged
- Provenance:
- Purchased by Jack and Maxine Zarrow at the Hansen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, February 25, 1991. The painting was from the estate of Ernest Blumenshein (1874-1960). At his death, his daughter, Helen Blumenshein (1909-1989) inherited it. At her death, it went to a cousin who lived in Santa Fe and was then purchased from her by the Hansen Gallery in 1990.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "First rain call by a young rain priest of Zuni", The Maxine & Jack Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Reference Link:
- https://zarrow.library.okstate.edu/_site/items/jmz.34.html
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