Photographs of Harry Fonseca artwork
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 89-25
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copy slides and negatives made by Smithsonian Institution, 1989.
name: label: Creator
content: Fonseca, Harry , 1946-2006
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Maidu
topic: label: Topic
content: Exhibitions
label: Topic
content: Works of art
creator: label: Creator
content: Fonseca, Harry , 1946-2006
culture: label: Culture
content: Nisenan Indians
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- California
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Harry Fonseca is a Nisenan Maidu artist who was influenced by basketry designs, his experience as a Maidu dancer, and creation stories and myths. In 1979, he started his Coyote series, which depicts Coyote the trickster in non-traditional settings. Fonseca lectured on his work at the Smithsonian on February 9, 1989 as part of an exhibition of his art in the National Museum of Natural History.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15 Copy negatives
label: Extent
content: 429 Copy color slides
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1989
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Original lecture slides loaned for copying by Harry Fonseca, 1989.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.89-25
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy negatives
label: Type
content: Copy color slides
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Originals retained by Harry Fonseca.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Images of art pieces by Harry Fonseca, many of which depict his representation of the mythical figure Coyote.  Included are copies of the 115 color slides Fonseca used in his lecture at the Smithsonian in 1989.  There are also images of his "Stone Poems" series, each Smithsonian-exhibited piece, and views of the exhibit as a whole.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Museum of the American Indian holds two paintings by Fonseca.