Athabaskan Epic

Artist Robert Shorty Navajo; born 1944, Arizona

Date1998-99

Mediumjuniper wood, paint

Dimensionssculpture: 25 1/2 × 20 × 15 in. (64.8 × 50.8 × 38.1 cm)
base: 1 3/4 × 21 × 16 in. (4.4 × 53.3 × 40.6 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1997 General Obligation Bonds

Object numberPC2000.25.1

DescriptionA wood sculpture with an organic, amorphous form. It is painted black with curved, organic areas of orange-toned wood left visible. At the top of the sculpture, five forward-facing protrusions culminate in faces with soft features and open mouths. The sculpture is mounted to a tan stone base with rough edges.

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