The numbering system found here corresponds to the sequence in the Slide Set , available from the Heard Museum. Points to Highlight or Recall 1. Awa Tsireh a.k.a. Women in profile. Stacked circles represent cakes of cow dung.
Wood is used at the base.
Women are wearing a traditional clothing style developed during years of European contact. Symbols such as those found in corners and top center are typical of Pueblo art and can be found on pottery and other traditional art forms. Suggestions of background and detailed foreground and potentially controversial subject matter. Use of various kinds of line to suggest textural variations, facial details etc. Reflects on historic reality of Spanish missionary efforts in the Southwest Painting was done by the only woman artist in the San Ildefonso movement, although at a late point in her career.