Buffalo Dance

Date created
circa 1939
Culture/People
San Ildefonso Pueblo
Artist/Maker
Tonita Peña (Tonita Vigil Peña/Quah Ah), San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1893-1949
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from an unknown source before 1940; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place
Cochiti Pueblo, Cochiti Reservation; Sandoval County; New Mexico; USA (inferred)
See related items
San Ildefonso Pueblo
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
26/2456
Barcode
262456.000
Object Type
Painting/Drawing/Print
Title
Buffalo Dance
Object Name
Painting
Media/Materials
Paper, tempera, watercolor
Techniques
Painted
Dimensions
52.0 x 76.5 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a7c0f0d3-3528-4ab9-9c4a-955ba0f245bf
Record ID
NMAI_278566