Awa Tsireh / The Monarch in the Matachina / ca. 1917-1919

Awa Tsireh
The Monarch in the Matachina
ca. 1917-1919
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Creator Name: Tsireh, Awa
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: ca 1895-ca. 1955
Biography: Member of both Navajo and San ildefonso tribal groups. Self-taught. Additional artists in the family includehis mother Alfoncita Roybal, aunt TonitaRoybal, uncle Crecencio Martinez, uncle Juan and sister Santana Martinez(the daughter-in-law of Julian Martinez head of another artistic family). Was the leader of the San Ildefonsoartists.
Creator Name-CRT: Awa Tsireh
Title: The Monarch in the Matachina
Title Type: Title
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1917
Creation End Date: 1919
Creation Date: ca. 1917-1919
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Materials and Techniques: watercolor, ink, and pencil on paperboard
Dimensions: sheet: 14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (36.0 x 24.6 cm.)
Inscriptions: lower right in pencil: Awah-tsireh (sic)back upper left in pen and ink: The Monarch-in the Matachina-(underlined)/an old Spanish mystery play, brought/from old Mexico to NewMexico-/and danced both by Mexicans/and Indians./water-color by Awa-Tsireh-back upperleft in pencil: 24 (in a circle)backing mat verso upper left in ballpoint pen and ink:the monarch-in the Matachines
AMICA Contributor: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location: Washington, DC, USA
ID Number: 1979.144.9
Credit Line: Corbin-Henderson Collection, gift of Alice Rossin
Copyright: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Rights: http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/nmaainfo/rights.html
AMICA ID: SAAM.1979.144.9
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Courtesy of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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