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Object Number
996-2-20/27654
Display Title
Figure of male cotton picker
Descriptions
Object Description
Figure of male cotton picker mounted on wooden base; carved wax head, limbs; big toe on left foot missing; nicely detailed face with carved wrinkles, modelled ears and cheekbones; blackened brows, lashes, lid linings, pupils, moustache; brown eyes; whitened eye-whites; pink lips; cigar; he is wearing a straw hat, which is pinned to his head, white cotton shirt with collar and cuffs, rolled-up grey and white checked cotton pants roped at the waist; he is carrying a cotton bundle, bound up with a rope which is slung over his left shoulder; in his right hand is a stick on a string. The figure is jointed at the shoulders and the movement of the arms has caused the shirt to tear; some holes in pants; insect frass on wool or cotton bundle
Inventory Description
Figurine, man, cotton picker, wood, wax, cloth, cotton bundle, hat, trousers, sh
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Before 1941
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala?
Materials
Wood, Wax, Textile, Raw cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 26.8 x 8.7 x 13 cm (10 9/16 x 3 7/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
996-2-20/27654
Provenance
Collector
Francis O. Schmitt
(1941 or earlier)
Donor
Mrs. Marion S. Ellis
(1/22/96)
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