Detail View: C. Szwedzicki: The North American Indian Works: Sun Basket Dance

Work Record ID: 
296
Reproduction Record ID: 
296
Work Class: 
depictions
Work Type: 
print
Title: 
Les peintres indiens d'Amérique
Title Type: 
collective title
Title: 
American Indian painters
Title Type: 
alternate
Title: 
Sun Basket Dance
Title Type: 
constructed title
Measurements: 
8.75 x 14.80 in (22.23 x 37.59 cm) on sheet 12.50 x 17.60 in (31.75 x 44.70 cm)
Measurement Type: 
dimensions
Material: 
paper (fiber product)
Material Type: 
support
Inscription: 
Below Image Right: Pablita Velarde
Inscription: 
Above Image Right: PLANCHE 60 [Plate Number]
Creator: 
Velarde, Pablita, 1918-2006
Creator Dates: 
1918-2006
Creator Nationality: 
Santa Clara
Creator Name Variant: 
Golden Dawn (Tse Tsan)
Creator Type: 
personal name
Creator Role: 
painter
Date: 
1950
Location: 
Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)
Repository: 
Archives and Rare Books Library, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Repository Type: 
current repository
ID Number: 
ARB RB Oversize E98.A7 J18 1950 Vol. 2
ID Number Type: 
call number
ID Number: 
60
ID Number Type: 
plate number
Style Period: 
Indian art--North America
Style Period: 
Pueblo (Native American style)
Culture: 
Native American
Culture: 
Santa Clara
Subject: 
Braids (Hairdressing)
Subject: 
Feathers
Subject: 
Garters
Subject: 
Hairdressing
Subject: 
Leggings
Subject: 
Moccasins
Subject: 
Anklets (Ornaments)
Subject: 
Armbands
Subject: 
Beadwork
Subject: 
Dancers
Subject: 
Headbands
Subject: 
Long underwear
Subject: 
Aprons (Protective wear)
Subject: 
Drum sticks
Subject: 
Drums
Subject: 
Bustles
Subject: 
Hair ornaments
Subject: 
Headdresses
Subject: 
Blankets
Subject: 
Rattles
Subject: 
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)
Subject: 
Hides and skins
Subject: 
Earrings
Subject: 
Kilts
Subject: 
Leaves
Subject: 
Sashes (Costume)
Subject: 
Puttees
Subject: 
Baskets
Subject: 
Mantas (Clothing)
Subject: 
Mantles (Clothing)
Subject: 
Santa Clara dance
Subject: 
Santa Clara Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Subject: 
Sun Basket Dance (Santa Clara)
Related Work: 
Jacobson, Oscar Brousse, 1882-1966. Les peintres indiens d'Amérique / [par] O. B. Jacobson [et] Jeanne d'Ucel. Nice (France): C. Szwedzicki, 1950.
Description: 
From: American Indian Painters, Vol. 2, p. 9: "In the last five years, I have not painted steady. I have a family how, a girl age four and a boy two and a half years old, I have a wonderful husband (non-Indian). He is now going to school here at the University of California." So writes Pablita. It sounds exactly like many other talented girls who find it difficult to pursue a career and have a family. Pablita is a happy young wife and a devoted mother. Perhaps that is more important. But...she is also a talented artist. The painting "Sun Basket Dance", owned by the University of Oklahoma, is as fine as any Indian painting in its large collection. Here six persons are performing the sacred rite. The composition is symmetrical and pivoted in the center like a painting of the old Quatrocento Madonna and saints. The male dancers are in white and the women in red and black, with the drummer and chorus to support the color harmony. The artist has made good use of her grey paper. Pablita belongs to the people who make the beautiful black pottery, the Santa Clara tribe. She was born in 1918. She has contributed mural art to her native state, at Bandelier National Monument Museum, and in stores in Albuquerque. She has also had her watercolors exhibited far and wide, in the Governor's Palace, the University of New Mexico, University of Oklahoma, University of California, Philbrook, and elsewhere. Practically all her work is concerned with the home life of the Pueblos and their religious festivals. She has made a real contribution to American culture and it is hoped that her present worthy interest will not absorb all her time. (Collection, University of Oklahoma) Map references: Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)
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