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Untitled (Coyote and Turtle), Unidentified, after 1930

Unidentified

Untitled (Coyote and Turtle)

after 1930 · Sculpture · 39.2 × 24.5 cm

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Room1st Floor, West Wing

On public display.

Checked
In this state since
Source
The museum
On the mapMuseum page

About the sculpture

This carving seems to portray a Hopi tale about Coyote and Turtle. Turtle foolishly leaves the river, but tricks Coyote into helping him get back home. While the carver of this sculpture is unknown, the imagery resembles illustrations done by Fred Kabotie (1900--86), a Hopi from the second Mesa, for Taytay's Tales, published in 1922.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Particulars

Accession number
1986.65.339

What it shows

ReptileAnimalTurtlesCoyote

In the catalog

SculptureWoodModernism20th centuryFolk Art

Sources

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