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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 / United States / Arizona
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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