Poster

Museum number:
17-767
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21170000767
Alternate number:
TEMP 2014.0004
Description:
unmounted GGIE poster: Indian Court "Pueblo Turtle Dancers from an Indian Painting, New Mexico" Three figures in line dancing, adobe building in background. The Pueblo turtle dancers were taken from a painting by Vicenti Mirabal (ca.1917-1945), a Taos Pueblo artist also known as Chiu-Tah. Mirabal studied art at the Santa Fe Indian School where he was later employed as an instructor.
Culture or time period:
Taos
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
Title:
Pueblo Turtle Dancers from an Indian Painting, New Mexico (Artist's Label)
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 17-767, described as unmounted GGIE poster: Indian Court "Pueblo Turtle Dancers from an Indian Painting, New Mexico" Three figures in line dancing, adobe building in background. The Pueblo turtle dancers were taken from a painting by Vicenti Mirabal (ca.1917-1945), a Taos Pueblo artist also known as Chiu-Tah. Mirabal studied art at the Santa Fe Indian School where he was later employed as an instructor.

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