Navajo male figure. H = 11.5”. Carved balsa or cottonwood base. Split legs, orange colored shirt; painted face mask wiht a tubular nose, black eyes outlined in orange w/ white centers. Has a quad shaped headdress with three golden feathers and a painted figure of corn.
Donor:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
USA, Arizona/New Mexico, Navajo
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection date:
6/28/81
Materials:
Feather (material), Paint (coating), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines) and Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 5, 2000
Context of use:
Made for sale. Most likely carbed like tall figures used as “sosers” at either endof Gallup in the 1950s. Bought from Allied Vigneault, Alpine, AZ.