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"Rain Priest of the North & South"
Date: 1987
Artist or Maker: Farlan Cooeyate
Dimensions:
65.3 x 49 cm (25 11/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
Medium: paper | paint
Credit Line: Gift of Sallie Wagner, 1987.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1987-11-3
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksJim Enote and Octavius Seowtewa during collection review visit April 6 and 7, 2009 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 1”): Though the title on the back of this painting says “Rain Priest of the North and South,” this is not truly the subject matter. The two figures in this painting are Sayadasha (Long Horn), on the left, and Hututu (on the right).They come to Zuni once each year, during Shalako. The mesa that they are emerging from is called Dowayalanne in Zuni, which means "Old Mesa" in English. The painting may be handled and researched by Zuni people and they may photograph it. It may be made available for research to non-Zuni people, but they must not photograph it. Photos of it may not be used in publications, but text references are permitted. It has no special handling or storage requirements.
In Collection(s)
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