Image with Small Bird (Payatamu, God of Music, Flowers and Butterflies)

• Artist: Pueblo, Zuni (Culture)
• Medium: Wood, beads, abalone shell, pigment, string
• Geographical Location: Zuni, New Mexico, USA
• Dates: late 19th century
• Dimensions: 17 x 5 x 2 3/4 in. (43.2 x 12.7 x 7 cm)
• Collection: Arts of the Americas
• Museum Location: BMA, 5H10, 9D
• Accession Number: 04.297.5318
• Image: "Overall", 04.297.5318_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
This is a wooden figure with only a body, shoulders and head. It has a rectangular torso, round head set on a narrow neck and V-shaped shoulders. It wears a beaded necklace and earrings. The eyes are two small slits. Two thirds of the face is lightly painted, the remainder dark. The torso has two vertical stripes. Although the description says with small bird, none is present.