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• Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal), (San Ildefonso, 1898–1955)
• New Mexico
• 1930
• Watercolor on paper
• Gift of Anne Evans and Mary Kent Wallace, 1932.207

This painting depicts a ceremony held by the San Ildefonso people, who reside in the Southwestern United States, to celebrate the harvest. In the middle of the painting are offering baskets and a rug symbolizing harvested crops. The women surrounding them conducting the ceremony are dressed all in black, but blankets with diverse colors and designs are draped over their shoulders.