DepartmentHispano

Matachines on Canyon Road

NameHide Painting

Artist or maker Monica Sosaya Halford (American, born 1931)

CultureHispana

Date2002/07

Place madeSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumHide, watercolor, tin, wood, paint, nails

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 x 30 3/4 x 3/4 in. (24.13 x 78.105 x 1.905 cm)

Credit LineIFAF Collection

Object numberFA.2002.28.1

DescriptionFourteen Matachines dancers in multi-colored garb are parading down a light brown canyon road. At the head of the column is the Abuelito dressed in black, the Malinche dressed in white, and Torito in brown, red, and blue. The background is store fronts, from left to right, Gormley's store in pink with turquoise trim, Rael's cafe in brown with green trim, Claude' bar in light brown with brown and green trim, and the Grey Hound bus depot in yellow with blue trim. The paintting is framed in tin and then on a green board with red edges. Signed and dated in lower right.