Corn Dance at Zia, (painting).

Corn Dance at Zia, (painting).

Herrera, Velino Shije, 1902-1973, painter.

Corn Dance at Zia, (painting).

Watercolor on board.

Scene of Pueblo Indians performing a corn dance, with each dancer lined up in a procession following a lead dancer in heavy face paint and a dancer carrying a feathered spear.

Figure group -- Male

Ethnic -- Indian

Ceremony -- Dance -- Corn Dance

Museum of New Mexico, Indian Arts and Culture, Laboratory of Athropology, New Mexico,

Gift of Hewitt, Edgar L.,

MacAdam, Barbara J., "Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2005, pg. 156.

MacAdam, Barbara J., "Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2005, pg. 156.

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