The Kiva
Artist
Eugenie F. Shonnard
(American, 1886 - 1978)
Date1925
Mediumwatercolor
DimensionsImage: 9 7/8 x 14 in. (25.1 x 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Eugenie F. Shonnard Estate, 1978
Object number2008.1.36
DescriptionImage of Native Americans on and around a kiva with a pueblo and blue mountains in the background. The kiva is in the center of the image. There is a woman with a green skirt and a blue and red scarf on her head standing to the right of the stairs. There is a man wearing red, blue and yellow with a feathered war bonnet who is standing at the bottom of the stairs facing the viewer. There are two men at the top of the stairs facing the viewer. One of the men is wearing yellow and green with four feathers on his head and the other is wearing red with a feathered war bonnet. There are three figures on top of the kiva to the right of the ladder wearing reds and yellows. There are two figures on top of the kiva to the left wearing red, yellow, blue and brown. There is a pueblo visible in the middle ground to each side of the kiva, and there is softly shaped blue, purple and gray mountains in the background. The ground in front of and around the kiva appears to be flat and is tan and orange in color.On View
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