AMICA ID:
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SAAM.1979.144.28
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Drawings and Watercolors
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Creator Name:
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Tsireh, Awa
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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ca 1895-ca. 1955
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Biography:
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Member of both Navajo and San ildefonso tribal groups. Self-taught. Additional artists in the family includehis mother Alfoncita Roybal, aunt TonitaRoybal, uncle Crecencio Martinez, uncle Juan and sister Santana Martinez(the daughter-in-law of Julian Martinez head of another artistic family). Was the leader of the San Ildefonsoartists.
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Awa Tsireh
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Title:
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Navajo Yebijhi Dance
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Title Type:
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Title
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 1923
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Creation Start Date:
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1923
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Creation End Date:
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1923
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Materials and Techniques:
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watercolor, ink, and pencil on paperboard
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Dimensions:
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sheet: 11 3/8 x 14 3/8 in. (28.9 x 36.4 cm.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Owner Location:
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Washington, DC, USA
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ID Number:
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1979.144.28
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Credit Line:
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Corbin-Henderson Collection, gift of Alice Rossin
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Inscriptions:
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lower right in ink: -Awa-tsirehback lower left to upper left in pencil: Boughtpersenally (sic) from Awa Tsireh in 1923 when he was first starting To paint/J. g. m-backing verso upper left in felt-tipped pen and ink: 1923
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Copyright:
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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SAAM.1979.144.28.tif
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