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Subject(s)

• Indian dance—Arizona—In art [Browse]
• Hopi Indians—20th century—In art [Browse]
• Indian art—United States—20th century [Browse]
• Indigenous peoples of North America—Arizona—20th century—In art [Browse]
• Dancers—Arizona—20th century—In art [Browse]
• Americana—West (U.S.). [Browse]
• Genre painting [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Notes

• Medium: Gouaches, Pen drawings on paper
• Depiction: Western Americana scene. Two Hopi men in ceremonial dress.
• Inscribed in pencil, verso: "Otis Polelonema / Hopi Snake Dancers / 1920".
• Artist information: Otis Polelonema was born in 1902 at Second Mesa on the Hopi Reservation in northern Arizona. He studied at the Santa Fe Indian School from 1914-1920. He returned home to his village of Shungopovi on Second Mesa where he farmed and pain.

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