Koshare Contest

c. 1920s Page: 57.5 x 36.5 cm (22 5/8 x 14 3/8 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.314

This painting depicts the pole climb that occurs every year during the San Gerónimo Feast Day in Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The striped characters clambering up the pole toward a treasure are koshare (co-shar-eh), the sacred clowns of Pueblo religion. Like European American clow...

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