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Collections: Arts of the Americas: Image with Small Bird (Payatamu, God of Music, Flowers and Butterflies)

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

Culture: Pueblo, Zuni, Native American
Medium: Wood, beads, abalone shell, pigment, string
Place Made: 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)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 04.297.5318
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund
Image: Overall, 04.297.5318_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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.

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