Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2009 School for Advanced Research.
Painting
Date: 1929
Artist or Maker: Patone Cheyatie (Charlie Cheyatie) (1899 - 1977)
Dimensions:
Overall: 61 x 48.2 cm (24 x 19 in.)
Overall1: 61 x 48.3 cm (24 x 19 in.)
Medium: paper | paint, watercolor | pencil
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.P55
Not on view
Tribal Collection Review RemarksJim Enote and Octavius Seowtewa during collection review visit June 10 and 11, 2009 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 2”): This is a scene of a six Haliko (Mountain Sheep) kokko dancers with one Na’le (Deer) kokko (the third figure from the right). Even though there is a Na’le kokko in the group, it should be thought of as a Haliko kokko dance group because the Halikos make up the majority of the dancers. All of the dancers are wearing deerskins around their waists, not kilts.
The artist, Patone Cheyati, was Mr. Seowtewa’s paternal grandfather. His real name was Charlie Cheyatie and Patone Cheyatie was his “pen name.” Patone was Charlie’s grandfather’s name. Mr. Seowetewa explained that his father told him that Patone Cheyatie (Charlie Cheyatie) was the first Zuni artist to depict the movement of the dancers in his work.
In Collection(s)
Bibliography:
Indian Painters of the Southwest
- Pg. 77
- Fig. n/a
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