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Woman with red purse figurine
Woman with red purse figurine
Woman with red purse figurine

Woman with red purse figurine

NameSculpture
Maker Elsie Benally (Navajo)
CultureDiné (Navajo)
Date1980s
Place madeSweetwater, Arizona, United States, North America
MediumClay, paint, wool
Dimensions4 3/8 × 2 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (11.1125 × 5.3975 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert T. Coffland in memory of Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, A.2013.6.13
Object numberA.2013.6.13
DescriptionFemale figurine wearing painted white blouse and painted blue shorts, hair is wool, woman holding prominent clay, red purse
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