Wood tree sculpture

Museum number:
2-72236
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020072236
Alternate number:
4 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4769
Description:
pale wood central trunk, 8 leaves in 2 tiers, on incised base. bird on top. on base, 2 animals with long tails and 1 rabbit. each leaf has a bird, beaver or long-tailed animal. squirrel on trunk. Rabbit became unglued after exhibit in 2009-2010. similar to 2-72238.
Donor:
Estate of Vernon DeMars
Collection place:
Cordova, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
United States, New Mexico, Cordova, Precide R. Lopez
Culture or time period:
Spanish American
Maker or artist:
Precide R. Lopez
Collector:
Vernon DeMars
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
August 18, 2008
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 19 centimeters and height 28 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wood tree sculpture, accession number 2-72236, described as pale wood central trunk, 8 leaves in 2 tiers, on incised base. bird on top. on base, 2 animals with long tails and 1 rabbit. each leaf has a bird, beaver or long-tailed animal. squirrel on trunk. Rabbit became unglued after exhibit in 2009-2010. similar to 2-72238.

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