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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2013 School for Advanced Research.

"Buffalo Hunt"

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2013 School for Advanced Research.

"Buffalo Hunt"

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:
63.5 × 75 cm (25 × 29 1/2 in.)
Medium: paper: wove | paint, gouache
Credit Line: Gift of Amelia Elizabeth White, 1949.
Object Number: IAF.P229
Not on view
DescriptionEleven buffalo in two diagonal lines in center of painting; four hunters on horseback behind them. Stylized clouds and sun behind them.
In Collection(s)
Bibliography:
Pueblo Indian Painting
  • Pg. 164
  • Fig. Plate 82
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