Woodcarving

Museum number:

2-72116a-d

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm210272116a@2dd

Alternate number:

2-72116a-c

Accession number:

Acc.4762

Description:

Wooden two-wheeled cart with skeletal figure riding in center drawing bow. Figure with long gray hair made of cotton or wool, tied with a leather thong. front tip of arrow is broken off and missing. Yoke/tongue is separate piece of wood. Cart base formed by a milled board to which are attached railing on all four sides made of 5 peeled poplar sticks attached to the base via lashing with leather thongs. cart sits on an axle formed by a rough cut 2" x 2" to which dowels have been affixed at each end. Wooden wheels are fitted onto the dowels and a wooden cotter pin keeps the wheels in place. A poplar wood peeled and fork branch forms a tongue. a) cart with seated figure b) second arrow piece c) cart tongue.

Donor:

Zeese Papanikolas

Collection place:

Cordova, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Verbatim coll. place:

North America, United States, New Mexico, Cordova

Culture or time period:

Spanish American

Maker or artist:

George Lopez

Materials:

Aspen (wood), Hide (collagenous material), Juniper (wood), Pine (wood), Poplar (wood), Willow (wood), and Wool (textile)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Woodcarvings (visual works)

Accession date:

March 5, 2008

Context of use:

decorative - model of a penitente cart

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

b— width 0.4 centimeters, c— width 10 centimeters, wheel span— length 41 centimeters, figure— width 13 centimeters, figure— diameter 13 centimeters, a— length 51.5 centimeters, a— width 31 centimeters, a— height 46 centimeters, c— length 60.5 centimeters, figure— height 37 centimeters, and b— length 11.6 centimeters