kneeling hunchbacked figure
kneeling hunchbacked figure
Culture
Caddo people
Creation date
1200-1400
Materials
earthenware
Dimensions
8 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
Credit line
Gift of Earl C. Townsend, Jr.
Accession number
61.102
Collection
Currently On View In
Native Art of the Americas Gallery
This figure of a hunchbacked person, missing its shell or stone inlays in the eyes, mouth, and forehead, is actually a hollow vessel with an opening in the back of the head.
The Caddo peoples had a sophisticated culture which, from about 900-1700, flourished in present-day Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.
