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Ancestral Spirits
Ancestral Spirits
Ancestral Spirits

Ancestral Spirits

Artist (American, 1871 - 1951)
Date1919
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Frame: 28 1/8 × 24 3/16 × 2 1/8 in. (71.4 × 61.4 × 5.4 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Dr. Edgar L. Hewett, 1920
Object number45.23P
DescriptionSeven Native American Koshare dancers are descending the stairs of the pueblo building with mountains in the background. The dancer's bodies are painted grey with black circles, they wear yellow feathers on their heads and have clusters of evergreen trees tied to their belts.
Text Entries
From Catalog Raisonne: The inscription on the frame refers to the fact that Henri had left some of his painting materials at the Museum of New Mexico, intending to return. When he did not, he gave Sloan permission to use them.
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