Horse Tail Dance
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: 12 3/16 × 16 3/8 in. (31 × 41.6 cm)
Support: 14 1/16 × 20 1/16 in. (35.7 × 51 cm)
Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Support: 14 1/16 × 20 1/16 in. (35.7 × 51 cm)
Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineGift of Museum of New Mexico Foundation, 1966
Object number2126.23G
DescriptionFour men are dancing around a large fire at the center and left side of the image. They are wearing horse tails on their backsides. They also have on large headdresses that appear to be horse tails, as well as ankle bells. In the background at the right is a pair of tepees and group of men wearing feather headdresses.Text Entries
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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