Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2009 School for Advanced Research.
Painting
Date: 1927
Artist or Maker: Newmani Eustace (Newman, Newini, Newmi)
Dimensions:
Overall: 58.4 x 36.9 cm (23 x 14 1/2 in.)
Overall1: 58.4 x 36.8 cm (23 x 14 1/2 in.)
Medium: paper | paint, watercolor
Place Made:
Zuni Pueblo, McKinley County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
Object Number: IAF.P56
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 depiction of a Sayadasha (Long Horn) dance group. The dancers, from left to right, are Yamu-Hak-Du (Stick on Head), Sayadasha, Hututu, and another Yamu-Hak-Du. The two Yamu-Hak-Du dancers are wearing deerskins wrapped around their waists. Sayadasha and Hututu are wearing cotton kilts with blue cloth panels on them. The pink object in the foreground is a Sayadasha altar, which indicates that the dance is taking place during Shalako. Sayadasha and Hututu are carrying deer scapulas in their right hands.
The catalog record says that the artist’s name is Newman. It should be corrected to Newmani Eustace. He was the father of Lebeck Eustace, the artist of IAF.P48.
In Collection(s)
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