Detail View: The AMICA Library: Male Navajo Figure

AMICA ID: 
SAAM.1986.65.342
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Sculpture
Creator Name: 
Willeto, Charlie
Creator Nationality: 
North American; American
Creator Role: 
Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
1906-1964
Biography: 
A traditional Navajo sheepherder, Charlie Willeto began carving in the early 1960s, only a few years beforehis death.
Creator Name-CRT: 
Charlie Willeto
Title: 
Male Navajo Figure
Title Type: 
Title
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
ca. 1962-1964
Creation Start Date: 
1962
Creation End Date: 
1964
Materials and Techniques: 
carved and painted wood
Dimensions: 
66 1/4 x 16 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (168.3 x 42.0 x 26.1 cm.)
AMICA Contributor: 
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location: 
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number: 
1986.65.342
Credit Line: 
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Copyright: 
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
SAAM.1986.65.342.tif