Shalakos Approaching Ceremonial Ground - Zuni

Artist Ira Moskowitz (American, born Poland, 1912 - 2001)

Printer Hill Sharp (American, 1907 - 1993)

Publisher E.P Dutton & Co. (American, founded 1852)

Date1946

Mediumlithograph

DimensionsImage: 11 5/8 × 15 1/8 in. (29.5 × 38.4 cm)
Support: 17 1/8 × 21 1/16 in. (43.5 × 53.5 cm)
Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)

ClassificationsGraphic

Credit LinePurchase Award, 3rd Graphics Annual, Museum of New Mexico, 1949

Object number29.23G

DescriptionA pair of Native American men is leading a ceremonial procession, carrying baskets that are full of feathers. Walking behind the pair are two large Shalako figures. These figures have a feathered headdress and long beaks. A man stands off to the right side of the second Shalako. There appears to be snow on the ground and pueblo dwellings can be seen in the background.
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Object Notes

This series of lithographs were completed for the book Patterns & Ceremonials of the Indians of the Southwest which was authored by John Collier and originally published in 1949.

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