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figure, falcon

human history
  • Description

    figure; scene; depicts a 2 falcons sitting on a tree stump; the falcons are bronze cast and the tree stump is painted and cured wood; the larger falcon rests at the top of the tree with one wing tucked in and the other arched over its back; the feathers are incised for detail; the smaller falcon sits at the base of the stump with both wings behind its back; both falcons have extended pins from their feet that sit in corresponding holes on the base; the base has man holes exposing the interior of the stump with many gnarls in the wood

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  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1934.316
  • Accession Date
    1934
  • Other Id

    20775 (ethnology)

    M1501 (miscellaneous)

  • Department
figure, falcon, 1934.316, M1501, 20775, Photographed by… … Read more

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