Chorus of the Santo Domingo Corn Dance
Artist
Ira Moskowitz
(1912 - 2001)
Date1946
MediumLithograph on creme laid paper
Dimensionssheet: 19 1/4 × 13 7/8 in. (48.9 × 35.2 cm)
image: 12 × 18 3/4 in. (30.5 × 47.6 cm)
image: 12 × 18 3/4 in. (30.5 × 47.6 cm)
Classificationsprint
Credit LineGift of David and Carol Farmer
Object number2012.0038.0000
DescriptionLed by a drummer and banner carriers on the left, a group of Santa Domingo Indians process towards the front of the print. The faces are expertly rendered expressions on the faces of the images in the foreground of the print are visible. A Koshari or sacred clown is on the right of the print. The image if graphic in its depiction of this entry procession annual event at the Santo Domingo Pueblo in Northern New Mexico. It is the corn dance for the patron saints day.- Judith Kendall, I.S.A., AM
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