Lot 164:
Item/Description: Acoma Pueblo inspired hand-painted gourd by the artist Robert Rivera. Acoma Pueblo design depicts a figure with earrings and turquoise stone necklace. Globular body with short neck. Leather hanging handle. Turquoise accents. Signed on base: Robert Rivera, Albq. New Mexico / 1-24-1986 (c).
From the artists biography: Possibly the first to use gourds as a fine art medium in a contemporary southwestern fashion, Rivera has created medicine men chanters, Navajo warriors, Hopi butterfly maidens, Navajo drummers, turtle storytellers and masks of every size and description. The gourds are stitched, etched, cut, broken, scorched, sandblasted, dyed and wrapped. They are adorned with yucca fiber, suede, buckskin, raffia, African beads, shells, heishi from the Santo Domingo Pueblo, inlaid turquoise, willow sticks, horsehair, turkey feathers, cloth, snakeskin, and Tablita headdresses.
Material: Gourd, paint, turquoise, leather
Dimensions: Length: 11"; Width: 12"; Height: 11"
Condition: Signs of age and wear include surface scratches, scuffing
Age: 1986
Provenance: JoAnn Young Collection. Purchased from American West Gallery, Chicago, IL. 1986
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