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Object Number
995-29-10/73308
Display Title
Coiled basketry figure of a man (A) with detachable hat (B)
Descriptions
Object Description
Coiled basketry figure of a standing man with separated legs and arms. Made of bundle construction with bundles of bear grass, wefts of yucca, and designs of black martynia pod (Devil Claw?). Figure has black shoes, yellow pants, black belt, yellow squares down chest, black hair, black eyes, and protruding nose. Hat has natural and black alternating head band.
Inventory Description
Figurine, woven standing male, hollow with removable cap, polychrome features
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1979
Culture
- Papago
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Beargrass, Yucca, Martynia pod
Dimensions
Overall: 35.2 x 13.9 x 8.9 cm (13 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
995-29-10/73308a; 995-29-10/73308b
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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