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Basket

Basket with pointed lid, black design on outside of basket.

Tags: Africa, Basketry, Black, Containers, Distribution and Transportation, Ethnology, Fiber

Bracelet

Spiked bracelet.

Tags: Accessories, Adornments, Africa, Ethnology, Jewelry, Kenya, Metal, Personal Objects

Instrument, Morin khuur

Mongolian stringed instrument: Morin khuur.

Tags: Accessories, Asia, China, Ethnology, Instruments, Music, Tools and Equipment, Wood

Finger weaving key chain with an arrow pattern.

Has attached tag indicating it was made by an enrolled Osage Nation citizen and sold through the Indian Arts and Crafts Association (IACA). IACA “was established in 1974 in response to the growing…

Tags: 20th Century, Art, Ethnology, History, Textiles

Boat, Model

Small reed model boat depicting life-size ones utilized on Lake Titicaca.

Tags: Art, Bolivia, Communication, Distribution and Transportation, Ethnology, History, Imagery, Plants, Reed, South America, Tourism, Water

Figurine, Elephant

Elephant figurine.

Ironwood. Dark brown highly polished. Figure is a standing elephant with trunk extended upward. Ears are flattened on side of shoulders. Each ear has 3 grooves raying outward towards back. Eyes are wide lined, grooved…

Tags: 20th Century, Animals, Art, Brown, Communication, Ethnology, History, Imagery, Mammals, Mexico, North America, Plants, Sculpture, Tourism, Wood

Figurine, Quail

Quail figurine. Ironwood.

The base is pyramid shaped and rough. The smoothly carved bird stands erect and is looking to the left with well-defined eyes, a fairly large beak and a large curved plume extending upward from the top of his head. The…

Tags: 20th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Brown, Communication, Ethnology, History, Imagery, Mexico, North America, Plants, Sculpture, Tourism, Wood

Figurine, Coyote

Coyote sculpture. Ironwood.
Coyote "howling at the moon." In sitting position with tail straight up. Mouth is deeply grooved, notched holes for the nose, and the eyes are wide lined carved ovals creating high relief eyeball. Long ears are…

Tags: 20th Century, Animals, Art, Brown, Communication, Ethnology, Imagery, Mammals, Mexico, North America, Sculpture, Wood

Figurine, Fish

Fish sculpture made from ironwood.

The base is a wooden slab and rough on the side and in the back. The fishtail forms the front of the base except for a large groove which separates it form the rough edge of the front. The fish stands upright…

Tags: 20th Century, Animals, Art, Communication, Ethnology, Fish, History, Imagery, Mexico, North America, Sculpture, Tourism, Wood

Figurine, Eagle

Eagle sculpture. Ironwood.

The base is slightly smooth, rectilinear and fairly tall. The top edge is sloping. The eagle is standing erect with the head turned to the left and tilting upward.

The beak is closed and the eyes are well-defined.…

Tags: 20th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Brown, Communication, Ethnology, Imagery, Mexico, North America, Sculpture, Tourism, Wood

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