DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Bureau of Indian Affairs

NameChest of drawers

CultureJapanese American

Date1979

Place madeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America

MediumWood

Dimensions66 × 38 × 25 in. (167.5 × 96.5 × 63.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert and Lou Finley, A.2014.25.1

Object numberA.2014.25.1a-h

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionLarge, three legged bureau with drawers. Human head on top of the piece is wearing an "Indian" headpiece with carved wooden feathers. The head is representing a Native American man with long hair and serious features. Main body of the bureau is also body of the human figure. Human figure is seated on a stylized horse. The arms of the human figure are holding the reins that connect to the head of the horse.