Painting

55-37-12

From: United States of America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 55-37-12
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Zuni
Provenience United States of America
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Creator Bist Rani
Date Made 1933
Section American
Materials Paper | Pigment
Technique Watercolor
Iconography Rain God
Description

Water color painting. Artist Bist Rani (Signed Bist Rani 33)

Rain God. 2 Zuni Shalako figures, sun with 3 lines cossed over its surface, moon (last quarter), 2 rain clouds and lightning, ladder, outline of Zuni Pueblo with Zuni river in front; brown trapezoid with arrows marking 4 directions; in left corner, 3 arrows pointing downward to 3 scallops with seeds (?)

Length 85 cm
Width 69 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Margaretta S. Hinchman, 1955

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