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"The Fire God and the Long Horns"

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"The Fire God and the Long Horns"

Date: before 1970
Artist or Maker: Percy Sandy (Kai-Sa, Tsisete) (1918 - 1974)
Dimensions:
Overall: 41.6 x 58.5 cm (16 3/8 x 23 1/16 in.)
Medium: Bristol board: 1-ply, white | paint, watercolor
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: SAR.1985-20-34
Not on view
DescriptionRealistic depiction of three Kokos, facing left with ground and sky indicated. Left to right: Shulawitsi, the Zuni Fire Keeper, black face with yellow, blue, red and white dots, corn smut body paint, crouches to bury feathers in earth; followed by Sayadasha, the Zuni Long Korn koko, white face with one ear and one horn; followed by Yamuhakdu, wood carrying Kokko with blue face.
Tribal Collection Review RemarksJim Enote and Octavius Seowtewa during collection review visit Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 2011 (Events Record “Collection Review: Zuni Tribe, Review 7”): The three figures in this scene are part of the Saydadasha group and they are participating in the Shalako ceremony. This is only half of the Sayadasha group. There are four kokkos not depicted here that are also part of this group. The figure on the left is Shulawitsi. The figure in the middle is Sayadasha. The figure on the right is Yamuhakdu. He carries a cedar fire bundle during the ceremony. See the record for IAF.P79 for a similar scene and more detailed information about these kokkos.
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