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Shepherd on horse figurine
Shepherd on horse figurine
Shepherd on horse figurine

Shepherd on horse figurine

NameSculpture
Maker Elsie Benally (Navajo)
CultureDiné (Navajo)
Date1980's
Place madeSweetwater, Arizona, United States, North America
MediumClay, leather straps, fabric, organic fibrous material
Dimensions5 1/2 × 5 1/8 × 3 in. (13.97 × 13.0175 × 7.62 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert T. Coffland in memory of Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, A.2013.6.11
Object numberA.2013.6.11
DescriptionClay figurine atop white horse with leather straps on either side, figurine cradling goat figure, person's model hair is barely attached on back of head
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