#buffalo dance

Buffalo Dance / Charles Loloma / ca. 1940 / Tempera on muslin.

This near life-sized mural was created for Hopi High School in the Hopi village of Oraibi. The second figure from the right is thought to be a self-portrait of the artist. The mural is currently on exhibit in Remembering the Future: 100 Years of Inspiring Art at the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona. Please click through for an enlarged view.