1941 ORIGINAL ART "CEREMONIAL COSTUMES OF PUEBLO THE INDIANS" Virgina Roediger

Description: <<<<<<< A RARE TREASURE >>>>>>> From my 50 year collection archive of rare 19th 20th Century artwork and photographs ORIGINAL PAINTING " KOKOKCI KATCINA ~ RAIN - MAKER - ZUNI " Plate XXXVII ( Plate 37 )Top right is the original tape with typed "Plate XXXVI and I penciled in" .... Bottom center tape reads"Black Tunwup, The Flogging Kachina ~~~ Hopi" and her signature " V M R ". Wonderful rare Katsina Kachina Katcina art work from the most comprehensive work on Pueblo Costumes and Rituals ever published. The backside has the original "cropping" tape and/or residue from the book layout for publication with her notations. I have posted a photo of the book and the plate 37 illustrated in the book for your review ... they are not a part of this auction for the original artwork. Here is one of two authentic vintage original artist paintings from the most significant book on Pueblo Native American Kachina Costumes .... by VIRGINIA MORE ROEDIGER ....... author and artist who in published the book " CEREMONIAL COSTUMES OF THE PUEBLO INDIANS " IN 1941 ... University of California Press that I am listing ........ The Other is Plate Number 3 " SAIYATACA ~~ ZUNI LONG HORN KATCINA MASK " ...... The paintings measure 11 1/8" by 14 3/8". A beautifully illustrated book and the most comprehensive description ever of the making and meaning of the Pueblo costumes of New Mexico and Arizona.Virginia Roediger's vivid paintings capture the beauty and drama of the Pueblo ceremonies-the turquoise dance moccasins, the tableted headdress of the Zuni corn maidens, the bright-blanketed Kachina maiden, and the buffalo, brilliant eagle, and horned deer costumes.After a brief survey of the history, location, and life of the Pueblo peoples, Roediger embarks on a thorough analysis of the materials used in the Pueblo costumes. She explains both their symbolic significance and their manufacture-from the weaving of cloth and the tanning of leather to the preparation of birds' feathers, evergreens, paints, and dyes. She then provides a meticulous description of the costumed dancer-body paint, garments, ornaments, accessories, and dance properties such as rattles, headdresses, and masks.In her final section, Roediger explores the relation of the costumes to the prayer dramas, particularly to the reverential, solemn, ecstatic public dance with which these dramas climax. Vivid details emerge here about such rituals as the animal dances from the Rio Grande region and the Rain Dance of the Zuni.From the bookCeremonial Kokochi, ZuñiIn the group dances in which the kachinas are all alike, the men are dressed with extreme care. Each part of a costume is as like that of its neighbor as human hand can make it. No corps de ballet in white tarlatan and pink slippers could be more uniform. The stiff white kilt is folded. around the body to the same point above each knee, the shining black hair hangs to the same straight line at each waist, and the tail of each swinging foxskin clears the ground by the same few inches. The Zuñi Kokochi (pl. 37) ( the original plate being offered ) , the good or beautiful kachinas, are an excellent example of this nicety of similarity.In September, 1936, I made a casual visit to the pueblo of Zuñi. Leaving my car near the road, I slowly circled the adobe houses in the direction of the sacred dance plaza. Suddenly I heard the deep tones of a chant, vibrant and somber. Climbing to the housetop, I looked down upon the dancing gods below. Forty-five dancers, facing each other, stretched in two lines along one side and part of each end of the plaza. One row, thirtyone in number, representing the male characters, danced shoulder to shoulder with their backs to the plaza. Nearest the wall and facing them were fourteen Kachina Maidens, who turned with the male dancers. The movement flowed continuously from one end of the line to the other. Around, behind, and in the center capered the ten Mudheads, watching the dancers intently so that they might give immediate assistance when hair was entangled in evergreen sprig or turtle-shell rattle slipped from its leg position and interfered with a performer's movements. A dancing god should be as unconscious of such irritating trifles as a West Point cadet on dress parade.At the head of the lines stood the priest, without a mask, his gray hair clubbed at the neck and bound with a hairband, and a downy white eagle feather moving gently at his forelock. He wore a dark blue shirt of native weave with set-on sleeves, and a white kilt with a brocaded sash tied on the right side. On his legs were blue knitted leggings held in place by red and white garters. He carried a terraced-edged bowl from which he sprinkled meal to make a 'road', and a beautiful wand, the insigne of his society, made of many kinds of brilliant feathers fashioned together and concealing an ear of corn. This ear of corn is known as the "life token." FEEL FREE TO MAKE A FAIR OFFER Please feel free to ask any questions or request closeups !!!! Shipping is $12.99 with USPS shipping and protection and USPS insurance... Ebay is driving up shipping costs for all of us. They now extract a % of each seller's shipping charge plus the additional paypal charges as well. I offer combined shipping for multiple purchases, but I will need to send an invoice because ebay automatically generates one at the closing of the auction..... .

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