Buffalo Mother

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Date created: circa 1940

Culture/People: San Ildefonso Pueblo
Artist/Maker: Tonita Peña (Tonita Vigil Peña/Quah Ah), San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1893-1949
Collector: Anne Forbes, Non-Indian, 1919-1918
Previous owner: Anne Forbes, Non-Indian, 1919-1918
Donor: Anne Forbes, Non-Indian, 1919-1918

Collection History: Collected by Anne Forbes (1919-2018) during her studies of Pueblo and Southwestern Indian painting from the late 1940s to the mid 1950s; donated to NMAI by Anne Forbes in 2003.
Contact Us: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement

Place: Cochiti Pueblo, Cochiti Reservation; Sandoval County; New Mexico; USA

See related items: San Ildefonso Pueblo; Painting/Drawing/Print

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/3092
Barcode: 263092.000

Object Type: Painting/Drawing/Print

Title: Buffalo Mother
Object Name: Painting
Media/Materials: Paper, gouache/opaque watercolors
Techniques: Painted
Dimensions: 12.3 x 16 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws621cc61cb-3170-435e-8633-4b3ab2b84b5b

Record ID: NMAI_279240