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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2017 School for Advanced Research. Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2017 School for Advanced Research.

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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2017 School for Advanced Research.
Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2017 School for Advanced Research.

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Date: c. 1930
Artist or Maker: Ma Pe We
Artist or Maker: Velino Shije Herrera (Ma Pe We, also Ma Pe Wi) (1902 - 1973)
Dimensions:
50.8 × 73.7 cm (20 × 29 in.)
Medium: illustration board: wove | paint, gouache?
Credit Line: Gift of Mary Cabot Wheelwright, 1937.
Object Number: IAF.P114
Not on view
DescriptionBuffalo hunt scene. Six buffalo in center foreground, facing toward the right-hand side of the work. Five of the buffalo are running, while one is laying on the ground. There are two hunters on horseback in the middle ground; the hunter that is riding a white horse is spearing the buffalo that is laying down, and the one that is riding a brown horse is aiming at one of the running buffalo with a bow and arrow. Stylized clouds, sun, and mountains (?) at top of work. Geometric design units and stylized plant forms at bottom.
Tribal Collection Review RemarksAccording to the participants in the Zia collection review visit September 10, 2024 (Events Record “Collection Review: Pojoaque Collection Review 1"):No comments were made on this item.

Any painting made by Velino Shije Herrera must go through the Pueblo of Zia Tribal historic preservation office for all access. The artist is known to depict sensitive material in his paintings and the Pueblo of Zia wants the opportunity to review all requests.

In Collection(s)
Bibliography:
Pueblo Indian Painting
  • Pg. 150
  • Fig. Plate 75
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