Carreta de Muerte (Death Cart)
Object Details
- Artist
- Horacio Valdez, born Dixon, NM 1929-died Apodaca, NM 1992
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- 1975
- Object number
- 1997.124.91A-H
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- painted cottonwood, hair, and leather
- Dimensions
- Overall: 55 1/2 x 51 7/8 x 32 3/4 in. (141.0 x 131.8 x 83.2 cm) A (cart): 38 7/8 x 51 7/8 x 32 3/4 in. (98.7 x 131.8 x 83.2 cm) B (yoke): 12 x 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (30.5 x 19.9 x 19.9 cm) C (skeleton, seated): 31 1/2 x 24 x 12 1/2 in. (80.0 x 61.0 x 31.8 cm) D (bow): 21 1/4 x 9 x 1/2 in. (54.1 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm) E (arrow): 16 1/2 x 1/4 in. (41.9 x .6 cm) diam. F (pick): 13 3/4 x 7 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. (34.8 x 18.1 x 3.5 cm) G (axe): 15 3/8 x 4 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (39.1 x 12.4 x 2.7 cm) H (seat): 27 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. (69.0 x 45.9 x 17.2 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Architecture\vehicle\cart
- Figure\fragment\skeleton
- Object\weapon\bow and arrow
- Object\weapon\axe
- Record ID
- saam_1997.124.91A-H
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk74c82b8ab-7eb5-40fe-b397-441970ba40b8
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