Book

Ritual in Pueblo art: Hopi life in Hopi painting

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation • 24 • Published In 1970 • Pages: vii, 81

By: Harvey, Byron.

Abstract

This source contains images of 185 paintings by native Hopi artists. All of these artworks were commissioned for this collection, and are permanently exhibited at the Museum of the American Indian in New York. Topics include: the life cycle; ritual life, including several important ceremonies and the Kachina cult; clowns and clowning; curing; and economic life, including farming, hunting and basketmaking. Biographical sketches of the artists are also provided. Each of the images (pp. 85-190) is described in the first half of the source (pp. 9-69).

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

North America

Sub Region

Southwest and Basin

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Art Patron

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Christopher Latham ; 1988

Field Date

1964-1966

Coverage Date

1964-1966

Coverage Place

Hopi Pueblo, Second Mesa, northeastern Arizona, United States

Notes

Byron Harvey

All information presented about the artworks, both in the text and in the images is indexed for Representative Art (532). Furthermore, every image and its corresponding text are indexed identical subjects. Thus the set of subjects under which each artwork is indexed is a compilation of information from both the image and the text.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-81)

figures paginated as pp. 83-190

LCCN

67030973

LCSH

Hopi Indians