Medal: Hopi Prayer for Rain
Medal: Hopi Prayer for Rain
Artist
Herman Atkins MacNeil
(American, 1866 - 1947)
Place of OriginUnited States
Dateearly 20th Century
DimensionsDiam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Thickness: 5/32 in. (0.4 cm)
MediumBronze.
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Florence Scott Libbey
Object number
1938.31
Not on View
DescriptionObverse: 5 figures in snake dance; behind them a sand picture motif; below, "Hopi." Reverse: 4 snake dancers running; lightning motif above; below, "Prayer for Rain."
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, In Motion: Dance and Performance in Art, September 18, 2015- January 3, 2016.
about 1875-1900
Unidentified, Gorgoneion Group
about 560 BCE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Probably late third or fourth century
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