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Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-6260, described as Carved ivory with individually carved feet, head; perforated in center.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-71880a-f, described as Navajo couple in wagon pulled by two horses, with sheep in wagon bed, all affixed to base. Figures are of unfired clay, wagon, wheels and base are of wood. Four-wheeled wagon is painted green with red wheels. Navajo pair, seated on wagon wearing a combination of painted and fabric clothing; Horses and sheep are painted; sheep is embellished with wool. L = 11” (a) white horse [one leg broken and mended]; (b) brown horse; (c) wagon; (d) sheep; (e) man; (f) woman.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-72494, described as Hopi, white buffalo figure; social dancer. white painted body with forearms, legs below knees and circular lozenge on chest and back in black with white painted ovals in row. wears a painted leather breech clout, white fur kilt with tail and white fur. head covering with horns each side of head. armlets and sash of leather decorated with shells. rawhide knee bands are strung with bells. white fur anklets and dance boots. holds a rattle in one hand. yucca whip is missing from left hand. face painted white with black marking beneath each eye. mounted on a round of cotton wood.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-4812, described as Carved wooden figure with human hair, anthropomorphic. Made of yellow cedar, painted black and red. A land otter is depicted around neck of figure. On front and back of chest is design of land otter or mink - shaman's messenger spirit. Height: 42 cm (16½ inches)

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-15545, described as Wood carving; kneeling man in kilt, killing [new interpretation is that this genre shows a man torturing a witch] (by twisting hair) a crouching female slave (?) in skirt; painted: pink skin; red lips; brown hair and eyes; grey-green clothes; wood cracked

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-6636, described as Human head and torso (no arms), face schematically indicated, tongue protruding. Dark-stained carved wood. Carved, only the face is explicitly carved; mouth turned up. Part of shaman's paraphernalia. Presumed to be representation of the personae of the dead. (fide Lydia Black, June 1978). With burial.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-10043, described as Wooden. Broad hat, upside down animal figure rising from hat. Feet of some broken off figure on top of animal figure. Yellow cedar. Painted red, blue, black.