Figure Fragment
| Object Number: | 40707A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Calusa |
| Provenience: | United States of America Florida Southwest Coast (Florida) Collier County Key Marco |
| Culture Area: | Southeast Culture Area |
| Date Made: | 700-1560 CE |
| Early Date: | 700 |
| Late Date: | 1560 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Wood Pigment |
| Iconography: | Deer Head |
| Height: | 8 cm |
| Length: | 15.2 cm |
| Width: | 7.8 cm |
| Credit Line: | William Pepper Florida Expedition, Frank H. Cushing; subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number: | 582 - Other Number |
Description
A= Face. Highly finished and life-like figure head of deer with ear pieces accompanying; beautifully painted in blue, black and white colors. To conventionally represent aspect of deer face. Found bundled. Sketches and cast taken.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Mask Parade (31 Oct 1947) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Fourteen Eyes in a Museum Storeroom (05 Feb 1952 - 31 Mar 1952) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Penn in the World: Twelve Decades at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (08 May 2008 - 28 Sep 2008) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Dockstader, Frederick J. Indian Art in North America: Arts and Crafts.. Greenwich, Connecticut. New York Graphic Society. ed. Fourth Printing. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Fig 58 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Winegrad, Dilys P. 1993. Through Time, Across Continents.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 90, fig. 74 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Coe, Ralph T. 1977. Sacred Circles: Two Thousand Years of North American Indian Art.. Kansas City. Nelson Gallery of Art. pg. 252 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 63/17A; Page 50 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] 1965. Guide to the Collections, The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. pg. 1-167 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 72 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Madeira, Percy C. 1964. Men in Search of Man: The First Seventy-Five Years of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.. University of Pennsylvania Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 82 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Nov 1947. "Masks". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 13. no. 1. pg. 1-30 Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] d'Harnoncourt, Rene, and Douglas, Frederic H. 1941. Indian Art of the United States.. New York, New York. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. pg. 204 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 80 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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