DEFENSE OF A NEPHITE CITY

Artist MINERVA TEICHERT (1888-1976)

Date1949-1951

CountryWyoming, USA

MediumOil on masonite

Dimensions91.4 x 121.9 cm (36 x 48") (Image)
Frame: 106.5 x 136.8 cm (41 15/16 x 53 7/8")

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art

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Object number820038123

DescriptionA walled city with two large square towers flanking a city gate is being breeched by Native American type men on horseback. The men on the wall and towers shoot arrows and throw javelins at the men attacking. A number of dead men and horses lay scattered in the foreground. The background shows the top of a southern Mesoamerican style temple.

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