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

ArtistZia 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
Not on view

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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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