No. 06: You-Pel-Lay, or the Green Corn Dance of the Jemez Indians

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University - Richard H. Kern and Edward Meyer Kern Illustrations of the American Southwest

About

Subject

Pueblo
Jemez
Indigenous dance

Description

A watercolor drawing on medium-weight paper by Edward Meyer Kern depicting the Green Corn Ceremony taking place at the Jemez Pueblo in August of 1849. This group portrait shows seven male dancers with rattles accompanied by two drummers and three singers.

Creator

Kern, Edward Meyer, 1823-1863

Date

1849-08-19

Location Covered

Jemez Pueblo (N.M.)

Type

Image

Original Format

Drawings

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Source

ANSP-Coll-0146

Identifier

ansp_146_26169_006

Notes

Cataloging made possible by The Getty Grant Program.

Relation

Richard H. Kern and Edward Meyer Kern Illustrations of the American Southwest

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Contact

archives@ansp.org

Contributing Institution

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.