Fired mud horse toy with 2 riders. Horse painted white with white wool mane and tail, black leather bridle and reins, red painted horse blanket tassels. Brown clay applique Spanish type saddle. 'Father' rider has black fiber hair in traditional style, brown hat and boots, blue shirt/jeans. Light blue paint represents turquoise necklace, bracelet, belt. 'Child' figure has brown traditional hair, yellow shirt, red pants, brown boots.
Donor:
Frances J. Fischer, Margot Blum Schevill, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Farmington, San Juan County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; San Juan; Farmington
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Maker or artist:
Sam Benally [Navajo]
Collector:
Frances J. Fischer and Margot Blum Schevill
Collection date:
July 1992
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 13.7 centimeters, length 11.35 centimeters, and width 6.1 centimeters
Comment:
Purchased...at cost of $12. References: Kluckholm, Hill and Kluckholm, Traditional Navajo Material Culture, pp. 402-04.