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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2020 School for Advanced Research.

Carving | katsintithu | Palhikmana

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2020 School for Advanced Research.

Carving | katsintithu | Palhikmana

Date: 2003
Artist or Maker: Armand Fritz
Medium: wood | paints
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2004.
Object Number: SAR.2004-2-1
Not on view
DescriptionButterfly Maiden Sculpture carved from cottonwood root. Rood has a natural three-way split at bottom, then merges into a single piece of wood, which has been carved with a pueblo scene just above the split. Above the pueblo scene, the carving is a woman depicted from the waist, up. Painting and carving create red and blue necklaces, long black hair with bangs, butterflies on each cheek, and a large, colorful tablita worn on her head. Figure mounted on a separate wooden, oval-shaped base.
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