In 1878, the French painter Jules Tavernier completed Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California. The painting depicts an Elem Pomo ceremonial dance, part of a cultural exchange between the Elem Pomo and those associated with Sulphur Bank Quicksilver Mining Company. The mine, operating on Elem Pomo ancestral lands, would end up contaminating Clear Lake with mercury. After 140 years, the painting has returned to California, specifically to the de Young Museum in San Francisco, where, until April, it will hang in an exhibit. For those who can’t make it to San Francisco, a life-size replica will be on display at the Ely Stage Stop and Country Museum in Kelseyville. On February 12 at 1 p.m. archaeologist John Parker and Elem Cultural Leader Robert Geary will give a free talk about the cultural significance of the painting. Visit elystagestop.com to learn more about the talk. Go to deyoung.famsf.org/exhibitions/jules-tavernier for details about the de Young exhibit.