96. Buffalo and Deer Dance
  • Tonita Peña(San Ildefonso)
  • About 1920
  • Watercolor
  • Source Unknown, 1953.428

This work depicts a ritual performed by the San Ildefonso people of the southwest United States, involving buffalo, deer, and sheep. A man clad in a buffalo hide holds an arrow, while individuals wearing sheep and deer masks dance facing each other.