Figurine

39-8-42

From: United States of America

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 39-8-42
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Paiute
Provenience United States of America
Culture Area Great Basin Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wax | Wood
Description

American Indian man; marked on circular base PIUTE. Technically fine work. Semi-long hair, dressing in fringed shirt, leggings and beaded moccasins. Beaded blue shirt-front; necklace of large blue and white beads and bears teeth. Costum rather good but inaccurate in some details.

Height 19.1 cm
Length 8 cm
Width 10 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. E. Carleton Palmer in memory of her father Thomas J. Yarrow (collector), 1939

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