Awa Tsireh painting of the Corn Dance
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 362107

NAA INV 08820000

USNM Accession 113605
name: label: Artist
content: Awa Tsireh, 1898-1955
place: label: Place
content: North America
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The painting was donated to the United States National Museum as part of the bequest of Victor Justice Evans in 1931 (accession 113605). It was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives on April 17, 1978, at the request of William C. Sturtevant.
creator: label: Artist
content: Awa Tsireh, 1898-1955
culture: label: Culture
content: San Ildefonso Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Tewa Pueblos
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Awa Tsireh (1898–1955), also known as Alfonso Roybal and Cattail Bird, was a San Ildefonso Pueblo artist known for his paintings and metalwork.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Paintings (visual works) (watercolor, 23.75 x 17 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: before 1931
container: label: Container
content: Folder 362107
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS362107
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Paintings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Watercolors
label: Type
content: Paintings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolors
label: Genre/Form
content: Paintings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of one (1) watercolor painting by Awa Tsireh depicting the Corn Dance.  The subject (i.e., Corn Dance) was identified April 1, 1978 by Santana Martinez, sister of the artist. 

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds an additional painting by Awa Tsireh in the Acee Blue Eagle papers.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum holds over 50 paintings by Awa Tsireh.