Mohave
Standing Male Figure
Mohave(?), 1866-1932
Scroll
Mohave
Standing Male Figure
Mohave(?), 1866-1932
Physical Qualities
Clay, horsehair, linen, string, beads, pigments, 9 7/16 × 3 1/4 in. (24 × 8.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. James Hooper Dorsey
Object Number
1949.110a
Wearing loincloth and multi-strand necklace of blue and white seed beads. Torso, arms, legs, and face decorated with red vertical stripes. Large nose, perforation for mouth, bulging eyes, pierced ears, black (horse) hair. Per K. Fernstrom.
Blue and white beads; red, black and white pigments
The Baltimore Museum of Art (Junior Museum) by gift, 1949; Mrs. James Hooper Dorsey, Baltimore
Feder, Norman, "American Indian Art," New York, Harry N. Abrams [1971], cat. 108-109.
Kroeber, A.L., Handbook of the Indians of California, " New York: Dover Publications, 1976, pp. 729, 731-733, 794-795, 804-805.
Ortiz, Alfonso, ed., "Handbook of North American Indians," Southwest, vol. 10, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1983, p. 90.
Sotheby's, New York, "Important American Indian Art," May, 19, 1998, sale #7137, cat. 199-207.
Sotheby's, New York, "Important American Indian Art," June 4, 1997, sale #7002, cat. 316.
Sotheby's New York, "Fine American Indian Art," December 4, 1997, sale #7066, cat. 79, 204-206, 208-209,
Kroeber, A.L., Handbook of the Indians of California, " New York: Dover Publications, 1976, pp. 729, 731-733, 794-795, 804-805.
Ortiz, Alfonso, ed., "Handbook of North American Indians," Southwest, vol. 10, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1983, p. 90.
Sotheby's, New York, "Important American Indian Art," May, 19, 1998, sale #7137, cat. 199-207.
Sotheby's, New York, "Important American Indian Art," June 4, 1997, sale #7002, cat. 316.
Sotheby's New York, "Fine American Indian Art," December 4, 1997, sale #7066, cat. 79, 204-206, 208-209,
