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Tesuque Pueblo
Dance Apron
(#FCKILT552)
This soft, buckskin dance
apron is from Tesuque Pueblo just north of Santa Fe. Worn by a man on
ceremonial occasions,
the panel offers a strong prayer for rain. The upper design is a bank of
clouds with lightning shooting from the tops and rain
streaking to earth below them. At the bottom is a row of circles,
thought to represent the stars on a clear night after a welcome rain.
The snake dividing the sky is Avanyu, a common Southwestern motif used
by those asking for rain.
Illustrated in
Spirits in the Art, by James A.
Hanson, p-194.
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