Male Canvasback Duck Decoy [one of a pair]

Mike Williams, Paiute / American, born about 1956
Paiute
Great Basin

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2009

Tule, cattails, natural pigments, feathers

Overall: 8 × 11 × 4 1/2 in. (20.3 × 27.9 × 11.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Alvin and Mary Bert Gutman '40 Acquisitions Fund

© Mike Williams

2009.55.1

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

21st century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Great Basin

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 05, Introduction to Archaeology, Nathaniel Kitchel, Summer 2019

ANTH 7.05, Animals and Humans, Laura Ogden, Winter 2022

GEOG 31.01, Postcolonial Geographies, Erin Collins, Winter 2022

ANTH 50.05, Environmental Archaeology, Madeleine McLeester, Winter 2022

ANTH 50.05, Environmental Archaeology, Madeleine McLeester, Winter 2022

ARTH 5.01, Introduction to Contemporary Art, Mary Coffey and Chad Elias, Winter 2022

ANTH 3.01, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Chelsey Kivland, Summer 2022

ANTH 3.01, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Chelsey Kivland, Summer 2022

SPAN 65.15, Wonderstruck: Archives and the Production of Knowledge in an Unequal World, Silvia Spitta and Barbara Goebel, Summer 2022

Exhibition History

Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.

This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World, Rush Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 5–July 22, 2022.

Provenance

The artist, 2009 Santa Fe Indian Market, Santa Fe, New Mexico; sold to present collection, August 2009.

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