Quincy Tahoma, well-known Navajo painter, ca. 1940s
Description
Folder 2
Inscribed, "Artist Q. Tahoma" on recto
Quincy Tahoma wears a Navajo blanket and a squash blossom necklace, with beads that evoke flowering squash plants. Navajo silversmiths likely adapted pomegranate motifs from Spanish clothing and equestrian regalia, but affiliated it with the blossom of an integral plant in Navajo culture–the squash.
Dates
- Creation: ca. 1940s
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 1627 item(s)
Medium
albumen print
Genre / Form
- Cabinet Card
- photographs
- blankets (coverings) -- blanket
- necklaces -- necklace
- portraits -- portrait
- robes -- robe
- Studios -- studio
Style / Period
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository