![Color painting of several Native Americans dressed in ceremonial regalia while performing the Turtle Dance. Color painting of several Native Americans dressed in ceremonial regalia while performing the Turtle Dance.](../../../../assets/exhibition/detail/OB1793.jpeg)
The Turtle Dance (1953), Pablita Velarde (Tse Tsan, Golden Dawn), Santa Clara, Watercolor
Pablita Velarde began copying images as a child and developed an interest in creating her own work as a teenager.
Courtesy Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma