Description
Rain gods and their relatives developed out of an in advance tradition of bigger hollow clay figurines, the earliest of which used to be collected at Tesuque Pueblo in 1879. They remain produced at Tesuque Pueblo to this present day, constituting the longest continuous figurative art tradition within the Southwest. This book traces the evolution of the rain god from tourist art to Indian self-identity and self-expression. Importantly, it studies a well-liked form that has heretofore didn’t earn the intense attention of students and collecting institutions and further the discourse on how art is defined and valued.