Quah Ah (Tonita Peña)
Cochiti Secret Dance

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Artist Quah Ah (Tonita Peña) (Cochiti Pueblo, 1895–1949)Cochiti Pueblo, 1895–1949

CultureCochiti

Titles

Cochiti Secret Dance

Date1920–1930

PlaceCochiti Pueblo, New Mexico, United States

MediumTempera on green wove paper

Dimensions19 1/2 × 25 7/8 in.

Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object number44.288

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg (1882–1975), Houston, by 1944; given to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition HistoryBayou Bend, Houston, 1965–June 1969.

Friends of Houston Public Library, Houston, April 7–May 26, 1972.

Beaumont Art Museum, Texas, September 28, 1972.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Per Maggie Olvey (c. 1990), title is not in artist's hand.
On verso: Comanche Dance

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