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Gustave Baumann, Koshare, 1930-1933, carved wood, paint, suede, and metal, 17 x 7 in. Collectio…
Koshare
Gustave Baumann, Koshare, 1930-1933, carved wood, paint, suede, and metal, 17 x 7 in. Collectio…
Gustave Baumann, Koshare, 1930-1933, carved wood, paint, suede, and metal, 17 x 7 in. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of Jane Baumann, 1978 (1994.16.16). © New Mexico Museum of Art. Photo by Addison Doty.

Koshare

Artist (American, born Germany, 1881 - 1971)
Date1930-1933
Mediumcarved wood, paint, suede, and metal
Dimensions17 × 7 × 4 3/8 in. (43.2 × 17.8 × 11.1 cm)
ClassificationsTheatrical Props
Credit LineGift of Jane Baumann, 1978
Object number1994.16.16
DescriptionA male, pueblo dance figure painted in horizontal stripes of black, brown, white. The figure is jointed at the shoulders, elbows, hips and knees. He wears striped gap with two horns and a double loin cloth. Dangling strips of leather fringe hang from the figure at his shoulders, wrists, ankles.
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