Object Details
- Artist
- Unidentified
- Gallery Label
- This carving seems to portray a Hopi tale about Coyote and Turtle. Turtle foolishly leaves the river, but tricks Coyote into helping him get back home. While the carver of this sculpture is unknown, the imagery resembles illustrations done by Fred Kabotie (1900--86), a Hopi from the second Mesa, for Taytay's Tales, published in 1922.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- after 1930
- Object number
- 1986.65.339
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- carved, varnished, and painted walnut
- Dimensions
- 15 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 14 in. (39.2 x 24.5 x 35.5 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1st Floor, West Wing
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Animal\reptile\turtle
- Animal\coyote
- Record ID
- saam_1986.65.339
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk71cf5b117-3178-483b-b232-529858e21a64
