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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.

"Three Buffalos"

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.

"Three Buffalos"

Date: 1956
Artist or Maker: Peter Gasper (1938 - 2011)
Dimensions:
Overall: 76.2 x 57.2 cm (30 x 22 1/2 in.)
Medium: paper: heavy-weight, wove | paint, gouache
Credit Line: Gift of Sallie Wagner, 1979.
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1979-8-3
Not on view
DescriptionPainting of three buffalos. All three are facing left and are leaping. The buffalos are painted in two tones of brown, with white and black outlines. Stylized cloud-like motifs float above them, painted in yellow, black, and blue.
Tribal Collection Review RemarksOctavius Seowtewa during collection review visit Nov. 16 and 17, 2009 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 3”): Pete Gasper is well-known as a fetish carver.
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