Here we see a storyteller by Marco Oviedo, showing a penitentes procession during Holy week. Self flagellation is represented by one figure and the death cart being carried by another figure. The Hermanos Penitentes were a religious brotherhood which flourished in the mountain villages of northern New Mexico from the mid-eighteenth to the late-nineteenth century. The figures […]
This is a very charming and well decorated strike a light bag. The front side is intricately decorated with white, red with white hearts, pink, green, yellow, light blue and deep blue. The bordered front encloses a teepee like design in the center topped with a red cross. The back side mostly shows the hide […]
This is a very charming and finely done collection of an entire Plains Indian family. The father is shirtless and is adorned with wrist and hair decorations. The mother wears a blanket and in the back carries their baby in a blanket. The young boy is fully clothed with paints and a jacket
This is a colorful, sweet drum. It sill makes a nice sound with a drum beater. The paint has softened over time to very pleasing look. Both ends show good wear from use.
