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)