Hen'-A-Te
The Chaparral Cock (or Road Runner)

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Artist Hen'-A-Te (Zia Pueblo)Zia Pueblo

CultureZia

Titles

The Chaparral Cock (or Road Runner)

Date1920–1930

PlaceZia Pueblo, New Mexico, United States

MediumTempera on buff wove paper

Dimensions11 1/16 × 13 3/16 in. (28.1 × 33.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Hally Bryan Perry

Object number41.20

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Hally Bryan Perry (1868–1955), Houston, c. 1930s–1941; given to MFAH, 1941.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, upper center: The [indecipherable] or road runner, of the cuckoo family, and [indecipherable] of / the southwest as the friendliest of tribes. The Spanish called him [indecipherable] / or fellow countryman. - Judge [indecipherable] dubbed me Road Runner on / account of my activity and friendliness - I loved it. - BP / [indecipherable] St Fe, of [indecipherable]

Recto: Signed in black paint, lower center: Hen'-A-Te

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