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Tesuque Woman Making Rain Gods, Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico

Object Details

  • Date

    1928

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Photolithograph

  • Contributors

    Published by Fred Harvey Trading Co.

    Printed by Detroit Publishing Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 1/2 x 5 7/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. to l.r. printed in gold, below image: H-1950 TESUQUE WOMAN MAKING RAIN GODS. PUEBLO OF TESUQUE, NEW MEXICO. COPR. FRED HARVEY

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: FRED \ HARVEY "PHOSTINT" \ TRADE MARK REG U. S. PAT OFF. \ MADE ONLY BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.

    u.l. to c.l. printed: Tesuque is situated on the left bank of the Tes- \ uque River, a few miles north of Santa Fe and \ numbers about one hundred inhabitants. The town \ is quadrangular in shape, about 240 feet long and \ 150 feet wide. The houses rise to a height of two \ stories, entrance to the second floor being by means \ of a ladder from the street. The women still \ prepare their meals on the primitive metates, there \ being in many houses three or four compartment \ mealing bins, where corn is ground between two \ stones. Their pottery comprises little images, Rain \ Gods, and curious animal forms.

    l.l. printed: 13956

    l.c. printed: XXVIII

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.32

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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