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Title |
Pruristac Village |
Object Name |
Painting, Panel |
Description |
Pruristac Village, 2019. Acrylic painting on Masonite panel created in 2019 by Amy Hosa, in collaboration with Ohlone artist Linda Yamane. The painting depicts what Ohlone life was like in the mid-1700s with the Aramai Ramaytush Ohlone tribe at the Village of Pruristac, which is the site of the current Sanchez Adobe in Pacifica, CA. The image shows the ocean in the background with flocks of shorebirds in the sky. Villagers in the foreground on the right create animal traps. In the center foreground, a boy plays with duck decoys. In the center beneath a tree, women leach acorns. On the left, a man hands a duck decoy with feather covering to a boy who stands in the creek; he and the man behind him have packs of either caught ducks or decoys on their backs, and another boy runs into the creek holding four feathers in the air. Further up the creek another person plays with duck decoys. In the background from left to right: men smoke steelhead fish; women weave baskets beneath a ramada and sit on a mat; a woman grinds acorns in front of a house; two other women, one wearing a cradle basket, work on unrolling a mat and stand behind reeds of willow. There are numerous plants and wildlife native to this area depicted throughout. Flowering plants indicate that the scene takes place in spring. The painting's Masonite panel is mounted to 1.5" painted black boards at each edge, turning it into a box frame. |
Date |
2019 |
Creator |
Hosa, Amy and Linda Yamane |
Role |
Artist |
Medium |
Acrylic Paint/Masonite |
Catalog Number |
2019.043.001 |
Dimensions |
H-24 W-48 D-1.5 inches |
Collection |
3D - Art |
Inscription Text |
"A. HOSA / L. YAMANE / 2019" (hand-painted in black, lower right front corner) |
Inscription Language |
English |
Provenance |
Commissioned for use as a mural at the Sanchez Interpretive Center in Pacifica by the San Mateo County Historical Association. Amy Hosa created painting in collaboration with Ohlone artist Linda Yamane, and various authorities, to depict what life was like for the Ohlone of Pruristac Village, located on the site of the Sanchez Adobe. Details include appropriate plants, animals and activities. |
Notes |
"You might not know this, but Linda and I not only sent hundreds of emails back and forth to confirm details in going over historical texts and photos and sketches, but we also spent many weekends together hiking stream beds, visiting her sedge beds, handling artifacts, acting out the scenes to position people in activities, etc, collaborating as a team in developing every aspect of the mural - people, landscape, activities, objects, flora and fauna, even the concept of what is left lying on the ground, so I really felt her hand rested upon mine as I made every brushstroke to clarify each detail. EVERYTHING in the mural has a meaning and purpose. This is why I could never just say, "I painted the mural." Amy" [email from artist Amy Hosa to Curator Dana Neitzel, 2/25/2021] "Only descendants of the Ramaytush Ohlone have ancestors who were born in what is now San Francisco County; however, our ancestral village of origin was located in Pacifica, in what is now San Mateo County. "The original peoples of the San Francisco Peninsula were and are referred to as Ramaytush, which is the Chochenyo word meaning "people of the west." The Ramaytush spoke a dialect of San Francisco Bay Costanoan language, which was one of three dialects, including Chochenyo and Tamyen. There were six Costanoan languages in total: Karkin, San Francisco Bay (Chochnyo, Tamyen, and Ramaytush), Awaswas, Mutsun, Rumsen, and Chalon. [http://www.ramaytush.com/original-peoples-of-san-francisco.html 02/25/2021] |
Search Terms |
Hosa, Amy Indians - Acorn Preparation Indians - Baskets Native Americans Ohlone Yamane, Linda |
Subjects |
Basket making Hunting Indian encampments Indians of North America Indigenous peoples |
People |
Hosa, Amy Yamane, Linda Ohlone Indians |
Credit line |
SMCHA Collection |