Adarga

Adarga

about 1750
Artist
unknown artist
Locale
southwest
Country
United States
Object
shield
Medium
Paint on buffalo rawhide
Accession Number
1973.216
Credit Line
Gift of James Economos

Unknown artist, Adarga, about 1750. Buffalo rawhide and paint; 21 × 21 in. Gift of James Economos, 1973.216.

Dimensions
height: 21 in, 53.3400 cm; width: 21 in, 53.3400 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Latin American Art
Collection
Spanish Southwest
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Gifted 12 February 1973 by (Economos Works of Art), Santa Fe, NM to the Denver Art Museum. Provenance research is on-going at the Denver Art Museum. Please e-mail provenance@denverartmuseum.org, if you have questions, or if you have additional information to share with us.
Exhibition History
  • "Jamestown, Quebec and Santa Fe: Three American Beginnings" Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History, 12/2006 - 2/2008.