National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942
Reproduction of a color drawing by Miguel Covarrubias, after a 16th c. codex, depicting Tonatiuh, the God of the sun. He kneels on one leg, holds an eagle in the air with one hand, and a shield of some sort in the other. Translation of caption at bottom of postcard: "He who gives light / God of the Sun." Bourbon Codex, Lam. 6. Unmailed, no message, no postmark.
Local Numbers:
AC0200-0000001 (AC Scan)
General:
Maker unidentified.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
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Reproduction of a drawing by Miguel Covarrubias, after a 16th c. codex. depicting the god of song, dance and music. This figure appears to have the head of a coyote, the animal that represents this god. Translation of caption at bottom of card: "Old Coyote / God of the Song, Dance and Music." Bourbon Codice, Lam. 4. Unmailed card, no message, no postmark.
Arrangement:
In series 3, box 27, grouping Religion--Mexico (Aztec).
Local Numbers:
AC0200-0000002 (AC Scan)
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
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Reproduction of a drawing by Miguel Covarrubias, made after a 16th c. codex, depicting a hummingbird god holding a serpent in one hand and a shield in the other, with a feather headdress. Translation of the caption at the bottom of the card: "God of the Aztecs and of War / Humming bird from the South." Codice Borbonico, Lam 34. Unmailed card, no message, no postmark.
Local Numbers:
AC0200-0000003 (AC Scan)
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
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Reproduction of a drawing by Miguel Covarrubias, after a 16th c. codex, depicting Tlaloc, the Aztec rain god. He wears a feather headdress and costume with a long tail and carries unidentified objects in his hands. The caption and illustration indicate he is also a patron of farming and agriculture. Translation of caption at bottom of card: "God of the Rain / He who causes the rains and growth of vegetation." (Bourbon Codice. Lam. 7). Unmailed card, no message, no postmark.
Local Numbers:
AC0200-0000006 (AC Scan)
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
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Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- 1900-1910 Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
New Mexico -- 1900-1910
Southwest
Scope and Contents:
Color illustration from the "New Mexico: Postcard booklet" (BL381). It depicts two women sitting on the ground working on a rug.
General:
Series 1, Box 10, U.S.A.--New Mexico---General Mountain Views.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Collection Rights:
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A drawing depicting the front entrance of a Mayan temple at Uxmal. The image has been colored in green, red and orange to highlight designs on the temple. According to the description on the back of the card, this is an exact replica, located at the World's Fair in Chicago, of a temple in "far away" Yucatan.
General:
Series III, Box 28, World's Fairs and Expositions--Chicago, 1933.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
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Color reproduction of hand-tinted image depicting a village scene in a Native American community. To the left, a row of dwellings with multiple stories. At the bottom stands a woman, and behind her another woman holds a child's hand. This scene is reminiscent of one that shows a "suburb" of El Paso inhabited by Mexican families.
General:
Series I, Box 1, U.S.A.--Arizona.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Collection Rights:
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An illustration depicting Fray Junipero Serra holding a small Indian child in his arms. Mission Play San Gabriel, California.
Local Numbers:
AC0200-0000080 (AC Scan)
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
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Topic:
Indians of North America -- California Search this
Indians of North America -- New Mexico Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Photomechanical prints
Place:
New Mexico
Ranchos de Taos (N.M.)
Scope and Contents:
Postcard booklet of sites in New Mexico, plus front and back cover illustrations. Most views are mountain scenes and buildings. The cover illustration (shown here) depicts the Old Mission Church in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico with women, children and men in Southwestern Indian style dress. Subjects include Raton Pass, Taos Indian Pueblo, Hermit's Peak (Las Vegas, N.M.), Starvation Peak on the Santa Fe Trail, Old San Miguel Mission (Santa Fe), "oldest house in America, Santa Fe," sunset on the Rio Grande, Albuquerque, and Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe. The cover and back illustrations (the latter shows Navajo Indian women weaving) are reproductions of paintings, while the postcards appear to be reproductions of hand-painted photographs.
Local Numbers:
BL318 (Image No., cover illustration, not in Archives Center file)
General:
Series 1, Box 10, U.S.A.--New Mexico--General Mountain Views.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Collection Rights:
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Indians of North America -- New Mexico Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Picture postcards
Postcards
Place:
New Mexico
Santa Fe (N.M.)
Scope and Contents:
Postcard booklet of sites in New Mexico, with several depictions of Native Americans and references to Mexicans. The cover has an illustration of a man on a horse with a package on the second horse. The other side is a Pueblo scene of men performing a ceremonial dance with spectators. Booklet contains several depictions of ethnic Mexicans and Indians and contains a postcard history of the Southwest.
General:
Series 1, Box 10, U.S.A.--New Mexico---General Mountain Views.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Collection Rights:
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Reproduction of tinted photograph depicting the pueblo of Laguna, with its adobe houses. On verso: "Laguna is the youngest of the New Mexican Pueblos, being founded in 1699. It is 66 miles west of Albuquerque. Few tourists know that the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico own 900,000 acres of land and since the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo in 1848 have been full citizens of the United States, maintaining their own forms of government. The Pueblo Indians are an intelligent, industrious and independent race."
General:
Series 1, U.S.A., New Mexico--Pueblos and Indians, Box 10.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
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Color illustration of a Pueblo community in New Mexico. It depicts children standing next to a pool of water and in the background, rows of adobe style houses.
General:
Series I, Box 10, U.S.A.--New Mexico--General Mountain Views.
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
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Tom Yazzie, born Fort Defiance, AZ 1930 Search this
Medium:
carved and painted cottonwood, sand
Dimensions:
overall: 12 7/8 x 51 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (32.7 x 130.2 x 19.7 cm.) A (base): 3/4 x 51 1/4 x 7 in. (1.9 x 130.2 x 17.8 cm.) B (medicine man): 10 1/2 x 4 x 3 1/2 in. (26.7 x 10.2 x 8.9 cm.) C (woman with basket): 9 1/2 x 4 x 3 in. (24.1 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm.) D (first man in mask): 12 x 3 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (30.5 x 9.8 x 9.5 cm.) E (first woman in mask): 8 7/8 x 3 1/2 x 3 in. (22.5 x 8.9 x 7.6 cm.) F(second man in mask): 11 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (28.3 x 10.8 x 9.5 cm.) G (second woman in mask): 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 in. (21.6 x 8.9 x 7.6 cm.) H (third man in mask): 11 x 3 1/2 x 4 in. (27.9 x 8.9 x 10.2 cm.) I (third woman in mask): 9 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (24.1 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm.) J (fourth man in mask): 10 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (26.7 x 9.8 x 8.9 cm.) K (fourth woman in mask): 8 3/4 x 3 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (22.2 x 9.2 x 8.3 cm.) L (fifth man in mask): 11 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 4 in. (28.6 x 10.5 x 10.2 cm.) M (fifth woman in mask): 9 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (24.1 x 9.5 x 8.3 cm.) N (si
