Pueblo Maiden Essay

At the Montclair Art Museum, located in the Rand Gallery of Native American Art, there is a tall statue made of Bronze and Jetulong wood, standing tall behind a glass case, called Pueblo Maiden. The figure is long and lean, and towers over many of the other artifacts in the gallery. The bronze color of the figure is constant throughout the sculpture. The head is small and round. The hairstyle is short and square shaped. It is similar to a women’s “bob” hairstyle with bangs that covers the figures forehead and ears. The surface of sculpture is smooth. The face features two indentations which look like closed eyes and a rectangle shape for the nose but there is no indentation for a mouth. The head of the figure rests on a narrow shaped neck. The body of the figure is long and oval shaped. The body of the sculpture is the largest part of the figure. The shoulders are rounded and there is a long oval indentation that resembles a neckline for a dress. Where the neckline is exposed, there is a layer that covers the figures breasts and appears to be similar to an undergarment for the dress that the sculpture is wearing. On the right side of the
Arlo Namingha was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, into the Tewa/Hopi tribe. Arlo is the son of internationally well-known artist Dan Namingha, and was raised in San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. In the 17th century, his ancestors migrated to the Hopi reservation in Arizona from their home in New Mexico. Arlo and his family speak english, Tewa and Hopi. He was inspired by artists and sculptors like Isamu Noguchi and Richard Serra. Arlo first worked with art by selling his father’s work but he now sells his own too. He tries to find a balance between making art and selling his art. Arlo is well-known for creating sculptures of Kachina figures, inspired by Hopi cosmology. During most of his childhood, he lived just north of Santa Fe, which influenced his work as