One painting by Harry Fonseca depicting the Maidu Creation Story. The painting has a light blue background, with a dark blue border filled with gold circles with dots at the centers. On the canvas are stylized images of dancing brown and blue people, leaping brown and white deer, blue and brown leafless trees, brown and gold swirling lines, blue and brown zig-zagging lines, and blue and white snaking lines.
Concepts:
Maidu; creation myth
Persons:
Harry Fonseca
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