Snake

NameSnake

(not entered)Sculpture

Artist Jim Davila

Date1983

Place madeSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions2 9/16 × 8 1/16 × 27 3/8 in. (6.5 × 20.5 × 69.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Marlene Nathan Meyerson, A.2012.42.2

Object numberA.2012.42.2

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

DescriptionSlightly curled rattlesnake with a green head. The body painted with wide yellow and red bands, narrow green bands, and a red rattle placed before the tip of the tail. The underside reads "D A V I L A," the letters spread over much of the length of the body and '83 near the tail end, on one of the yellow bands.