Poster

Museum number:
17-771
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21170000771
Alternate number:
TEMP 2014.0010 (temporary number)
Description:
mounted GGIE poster: Indian Court "Apache Devil Dancer from an Indian Painting, Arizona" Dancing figure with headdress. The Mountain Spirit Dance was labeled the Apache Devil Dance by white settlers due to the unusual costumes and the ceremony which was performed by the tribe at night. The design was taken from a painting by an Apache art student of the 1930's named Dewey.
Culture or time period:
Apache
Maker or artist:
Louis Siegriest
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Posters
Production date:
1939
Department:
Drawings and paintings
Dimensions:
whole— height 36 inches and whole— length 25 inches
Comment:
Good - Fair condition. Overall marks, slight tears, pin holes corners, handling creases. 2014-01-06 LW
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Poster, accession number 17-771, described as mounted GGIE poster: Indian Court "Apache Devil Dancer from an Indian Painting, Arizona" Dancing figure with headdress. The Mountain Spirit Dance was labeled the Apache Devil Dance by white settlers due to the unusual costumes and the ceremony which was performed by the tribe at night. The design was taken from a painting by an Apache art student of the 1930's named Dewey.

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