Pueblo Rabbit Hunt - Calvin Fenley Chavez
1924
San Felipe/Laguna
Oil on Canvas
Circa 1945
Height 34 3/4" Width 57 3/4" with frame Height 37 1/2" Width 60 1/8"
Provenance: Private New Mexico collection
Calvin Fenley Chavez was a an Arizona based artist born to a San Felipe father and Laguna Pueblo mother. He got his start as a sign painter and commercial artist before becoming a full time artist in his own right.
In this painting, Chavez illustrates the annual Pueblo Rabbit Hunt which takes place with the appearance of the first full moon in September. The hunt is preceded by a ceremonial dance, then twenty men are selected to ride in the hunt starting in the east at sunrise and ending at sunset. The skulls of the hunted rabbits are then placed in a ceremonial shrine until the next year's hunt.
1924
San Felipe/Laguna
Oil on Canvas
Circa 1945
Height 34 3/4" Width 57 3/4" with frame Height 37 1/2" Width 60 1/8"
Provenance: Private New Mexico collection
Calvin Fenley Chavez was a an Arizona based artist born to a San Felipe father and Laguna Pueblo mother. He got his start as a sign painter and commercial artist before becoming a full time artist in his own right.
In this painting, Chavez illustrates the annual Pueblo Rabbit Hunt which takes place with the appearance of the first full moon in September. The hunt is preceded by a ceremonial dance, then twenty men are selected to ride in the hunt starting in the east at sunrise and ending at sunset. The skulls of the hunted rabbits are then placed in a ceremonial shrine until the next year's hunt.
1924
San Felipe/Laguna
Oil on Canvas
Circa 1945
Height 34 3/4" Width 57 3/4" with frame Height 37 1/2" Width 60 1/8"
Provenance: Private New Mexico collection
Calvin Fenley Chavez was a an Arizona based artist born to a San Felipe father and Laguna Pueblo mother. He got his start as a sign painter and commercial artist before becoming a full time artist in his own right.
In this painting, Chavez illustrates the annual Pueblo Rabbit Hunt which takes place with the appearance of the first full moon in September. The hunt is preceded by a ceremonial dance, then twenty men are selected to ride in the hunt starting in the east at sunrise and ending at sunset. The skulls of the hunted rabbits are then placed in a ceremonial shrine until the next year's hunt.