Birth of the World
Artist
Barbara Kasten
(American, born 1936)
Date1990
MediumSilver-dye bleach print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/4 × 10 in. (21 × 25.4 cm)
Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Barbara Kasten in honor of Joyce Peters, 2014
Object number2014.15.1
DescriptionKiva/circular structure of walls (in green) and roof (blue) with an opening at center left from which protrudes a wooden ladder.eMuseum Notes
During a 1990 visit to the Puye Cliff Dwellings in northern New Mexico, ancestral home to the people of Santa Clara Pueblo, the artist was inspired to make a series of photographs to evoke her experience of the spirituality of the place and to honor Native Americans, as well as the ancestors of all peoples.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- rituals (events)
- Pueblo
- ladders
- ancestors
- cliffs
- colors
- kivas
- pueblos (housing complexes)
- religion
