THREE YOUNG INDIAN DANCERS

Three young girls in Native American Brush Dance regalias, Yurok, Karuk, Hoopa / Hupa Indian Nations, participate in Indigenous Healing Brush Dance Ceremony, northern California ceremonial dance regalias. DETAIL: Pine nuts, abalone, clam shells, dentalia necklaces, fringe, otter hide hair wraps, deer skin dresses, deer hide, buckskin dress, Native American basket hats of bear grass and maidens hair fern, painted with acrylics on canvas. Models: r-l , Neila Kuska, Ty Allen.

"Three Young Brush Dance Girls" 2004 (Source: photograph)
36" x 36" acrylic / canvas
Retail: SPEC, NOT FOR SALE

Commercial artist portfolio, Native American Indian artist, original art paintings and original illustrations by David Mata, Chumash, Karuk, Yokut Indian Nations, San Diego, California.