Three Dances Water Jar Item Number: 2012.26.3 from the Brooklyn Museum
Credit Line
Gift of Joann and Sidney Rosoff
Signed
Signed, on bottom: "Elizabeth Medina"; glyph: "Marcellus Medina".
Label
This water jar of classic Pueblo shape by Marcellus and Elizabeth Toya Medina, a husband and wife team, illustrates both the old and the new. Circling the jar, in the background, are depictions of traditional masked Kachinas who perform in religious ceremonies. Bursting into dance in front of these figures are naturalistic, muscled, male Pueblo dancers in very active dance positions, also wearing traditional regalia.
Item History
- Made by Marcellus Medina between 1978 and 1982
What
Who
- Creator
- Marcellus Medina
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1978 and 1982
Other
- Location
- American Identities: A New Look, American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Beyond Borders and Boundaries, 20th and 21st Centuries, 5th Floor
- Classification
- Vessel