Taos and the Southwest

This popular topic draws on the warm charm and soothing colors of Taos and the Southwest through paintings, basketry, weavings, pottery and jewelry. See Thomas Eakins' portrait of anthropologist-ethnologist Frank Hamilton Cushing. Gain insight through William R. Leigh's Zuni and Pueblo work, and Joseph Henry Sharp's quiet studies of the Crow, Blackfeet and Sioux, as well as paintings by Blumenschein, E.I. Couse, Berninghaus, and others. Learn about the Deer Dance, religious and burial practices, hunting habits and festivals of the Navajo and Apache Indians, and descendants of the Anasazi.