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Collection: Warnock
Item Number: WC8903012
Category: Figure - Christ Figure
Region: Northeast
Tribe: Ottawa
Period: 1825-1850 - 1827 or 1839
Materials: Pine wood; birchbark.
Description: Primitive carving of Jesus being crucified. Arms are socketed to body. Wood nails in feet and hands; birchbark loincloth. Remnants of red pigment in lips, feet wounds and elsewhere. Small hand-forged nails at head for affixing hair or crown. An exceptionally rare figure.
Dimensions: Height 18.375 inches 46.6 cm; Width 18.25 inches 46.3 cm.
Provenance:
Ottawa church at Cross Village, Michigan
Auction, 1895
Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.
Exhibitions:
Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010
References:
Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 110
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