La Taba / F. Molina Campos. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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La Taba / F. Molina Campos.
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Gauchos gathered around a game of *taba* are the focus of this reproduction of a painting by F. Molina Campos, who is known for his affectionate, humorous scenes of rural Argentine life. *Taba* was played with the ankle bone of a sheep or cow, which was tossed and scored by the side it landed on, and it was a common pastime on the pampas. The subject list also includes "bones," the clacking wooden or animal-bone percussion instrument, which ties the scene to the same informal, everyday culture of song and play. The picture is a useful record of how gaucho life was pictured in mid-century Argentina.
| Created / published | c1949. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Cartoons 1940-1950.Art reproductions 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Notes | G14330 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting. |
| Subjects | Bones--1940-1950. Bones (Musical instrument)--1940-1950. Gauchos--Argentina--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,044 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170282 |
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