DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Navajo male figure

NameFigure, Human

CultureNavajo

Date1955 - 1958

(not assigned)North America

MediumWool, glass beads, leather, probably wood filling

Dimensions3 1/4 × 2 5/16 × 1 in. (8.3 × 5.8 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mary Daniels, A.2012.20.6

Terms

Fort Defiance

Object numberA.2012.20.6

DescriptionStanding knit wool figure of a Navajo (Diné) man with outstretched arms, wearing a red shirt, pale blue pants and brown leather moccasins. He also wears a blue and white squash blossom style necklace. His black hair is tied in a bun with white ties.