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Figurine, Eagle

Eagle sculpture. Ironwood.

Position: Facing front, the head is facing left with wings hunched like shoulders. Figure resting on roughly carved base. Has hooked bead, eyes are elongated ovals in high relief, has groove on top of head between…

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

Figurine, Eagle

Eagle sculpture. Ironwood.

The base is fairly high, rough, almost square, with one side unpolished. The smoothly carved eagle is standing with wings folded and head held high. The beak is slightly open and the eyes are defined. Head and neck…

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

Figurine, Owl

Owl sculpture. Ironwood.

The base is rough, irregular, wood block base. The smoothly polished owl is standing erect. It has fairly large ears and well defined, small feathered, carved eyes. The top of his head has 10 notched to indicate…

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

Figurine, Cactus

Cactus sculpture. Ironwood.

Base is a rough, irregularly shaped, flat topped, with shallow slashes. The cactus rises from the center of the slab and is a saguaro (tree-like cactus species). From the tall column trunk, two small branches extend…

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

Figurine, Sea Lion

Sea lion sculpture. Ironwood.

Sea lion floating on back with head, rear flippers and tail elevated. Front legs rest on chest. Figure has mollusk in mouth and finely etched whiskers extending over it. Sea lion has ears slightly back on head in…

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

Figurine, Conch Shell

Conch shell sculpture. Ironwood.

Shaped as conch, highly polished. Standing position with spiral diminishing at the top and flared opening at base.

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

Figurine, Armadillo

Ironwood. The armadillo has a large body, a long, slender pointed tail and 4 feet. The head and "shoulders" have small markings to indicate soft body parts. The ears are large and smooth. The body is smooth with deep regularly placed cuts to…

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

Bowl

Porcelain bowl. Exterior: Brown slip, bottom designed with two circles containing five Chinese characters. Interior: Light blue; rim has a band with floral and geometric design done in matte finish (may be missing applied glaze decoration) in…

Tags: Animals, Asia, Blue, Brown, Ceramics, China, Containers, Distribution and Transportation, Ethnology, Fish, Green, History, Imagery, Plants, Porcelain

Bowl

Light blue ceramic bowl with dark blue design. Exterior: two stylized dragon-like figures with legs, horns, mane, and forked tail. Two designs between dragons. Two pencil-thin lines around top, one around base, two lines on the foot. Interior: two…

Tags: Asia, Blue, Ceramics, China, Containers, Distribution and Transportation, Ethnology, History, Imagery, Porcelain

Necklace

Necklace is composed of light brown beads, blue glass, short, drawn barrel and one white, short barrel. About 30 beads are in bags and a container with the necklace. Broken into 5 segments.

Tags: Accessories, Adornments, Beads, Blue, Brown, Ethnology, Jewelry, North America, Personal Objects, White

Browse Items (47 total)

Figurine, Eagle

Figurine, Eagle

Figurine, Owl

Figurine, Cactus

Figurine, Sea Lion

Figurine, Conch Shell

Figurine, Armadillo

Bowl

Bowl

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