- Artist:
- David, Neil
- Title:
- Tewa clowns with YA-NI-WAH dancers
- Date Created:
- 1972
- Description:
- A painting of four dancers and a drummer. There is a pottery-like border design across the bottom and up the sides of the painting. From left to right, the first and fourth dancers are Koshare Clowns. The first one is facing slightly to the left and the fourth one is facing the viewer. They are wearing the traditional clothing of a Koshare clown, which includes black-and-white striped body paint, and they are dancing and singing. The dancer second from the left is male and is facing left. He is holding an arrow in his left hand and a rattle in his right hand. The dancer third from the left is facing left and is female. She is holding a basket tray in her right hand and two feathers in her left hand. The figure on the far right is a drummer and he is facing the viewer. He is beating a drum that is suspended by means of leather straps around his neck.
- Subjects:
- Hopi-Tewa (culture or style)
- Source:
- Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Source Identifier:
- jmz.431
- Size:
- image: 13 1/2 x 23 in.; framed: 20 1/4 x 29 in.
- Frame:
- Wood (plant material); Gold (color); Trimming (decorative material); Black (color)
- Media:
- Watercolor (paint)
- Signature:
- N David '72 Tewa Hopi (printed, lower right)
- Condition:
- undamaged; non-glare glass; museum mounting
- Provenance:
- Purchased by Jack and Maxine Zarrow via absentee bid from an R. G. Munn auction, Albuquerque, NM, February 5, 1995. This painting was one of twenty purchased at this auction. Originally framed by Village frame, Santa Barbara, CA.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Tewa clowns with YA-NI-WAH dancers", The Maxine & Jack Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Reference Link:
- https://zarrow.library.okstate.edu/_site/items/jmz.431.html
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