TONITA PEÑA

- TONITA PEÑA (QUAH AH) -

San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1893-1949

Tonita Peña was born in Santo Domingo Pueblo as Quah Ah (meaning white coral beads) but also used the name Tonita Vigil Peña and María Antonia Tonita Peña. Peña was a renowned Pueblo artist, specializing in pen and ink on paper embellished with watercolor. She was a well-known and influential Native American artist and art teacher of the early 1920s and 1930s.