Throughout his career, Tse Ye Mu painted ceremonies and dances from his home, the Pueblo de San Ildefonso. Men dressed as deer, buffalo, and pronghorn dance across the middle of the painting. Geometric shapes across the top and bottom reference the ground and sky. Mixed animal dances were, and still are, an important annual event, acknowledging the continued cooperation between animals and humans. The dances occur in winter as an offering of thanks to the animals for making themselves available to the hunters.