Female Canvasback Duck Decoy (one of a pair)
Mike Williams, Paiute / American, born about 1956
Paiute
Great Basin
2009
Tule, cattails, natural pigments, feathers
Overall: 7 × 11 × 4 1/2 in. (17.8 × 27.9 × 11.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Alvin and Mary Bert Gutman '40 Acquisitions Fund
© Mike Williams
2009.55.2
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 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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