3 LA DAMA (The Lady) / Spantsa by artist Naima Corea

Graphite and sharpie on paper within wood frame, approx 8 x 11"

All shown here is the original Don Clemente Gallo Loteria card for LA DAMA.

The riddle associated with this card:
Puliendo el paso, por toda la calle real.
Improving her gait, all along the main street.

"Spantsa" was the Mohave nickname given to Olive Oatman, a 19th-century pioneer. 
Olive's family was attacked by Native Americans in 1851. She and her sister were later traded to the Mohave people, where she was fully adopted into the tribe, given plots of land, and received the iconic blue facial tattoos on her chin.

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Naima is a musician and artist living and creating in the Pacific Northwest.