Figure Fragment
| Object Number: | 40700A |
|---|---|
| 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: | Wolf Head |
| Height: | 8.89 cm |
| Width: | 12.07 cm |
| Depth: | 14.61 cm |
| Credit Line: | William Pepper Florida Expedition, Frank H. Cushing; subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number: | 575 - Field Number |
Description
A= Upper jaw and nose. Spiritedly carved figure head of wolf with ear and shoulder attachments. For use in dramatic dance ceremonials. Features and face marks painted in white, black and pink. Found bundled and swathed in green palmetto strips.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Man and Animals: Living, Working and Changing Together (04 Oct 1984 - 30 Mar 1985) | 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 |
| Calusa Indians, The: Maritime Peoples of Florida in the Age of Columbus / Columbus and the New World: The Calusa Kingdom (15 Feb 1992 - 31 Dec 1992) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Winegrad, Dilys P. 1993. Through Time, Across Continents.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 89, fig. 73 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue] The University Museum. 1984. Man and Animals; Living Working and Changing Together.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 31 | 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 63/17B | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Bel Geddes, Norman. 1952. "Norman Bel Geddes: Designer". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 16. no. 3. pg. 18-23 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 22-23 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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