Property of various owners
Lot 1027
A Navajo polychrome folk art sculpture height 25 1/4in, width 11 3/4in
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5 December 2005, 12:00 PST
California, San FranciscoUS$3,000 - US$5,000
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Find your local specialistA Navajo polychrome folk art sculpture
Probably the work of Alfred Woletto, comprising a flat rectangular wood board rounded at the shoulders and incut to the raised triangular head, painted with a face marked by semicircular brows, dot irises and oval mouth, the limbless torso with a bold pattern of zigzags framing a central serpentine band, the reverse distinctly painted with circles, dots, triangles, diamonds and zigzags, mounted on a rectangular board base.
height 25 1/4in, width 11 3/4in
See illustration
height 25 1/4in, width 11 3/4in
See illustration
Footnotes
Provenance:
ex-Fritz Scholder collection, Scottsdale AZ