Carreta de Muerte (Death Cart)

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Object Details

Artist

Horacio Valdez, born Dixon, NM 1929-died Apodaca, NM 1992

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment

Date

1975

Object number

1997.124.91A-H

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Sculpture

Folk Art

Medium

painted cottonwood, hair, and leather

Dimensions

Overall: 55 1/2 x 51 7/8 x 32 3/4 in. (141.0 x 131.8 x 83.2 cm) A (cart): 38 7/8 x 51 7/8 x 32 3/4 in. (98.7 x 131.8 x 83.2 cm) B (yoke): 12 x 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (30.5 x 19.9 x 19.9 cm) C (skeleton, seated): 31 1/2 x 24 x 12 1/2 in. (80.0 x 61.0 x 31.8 cm) D (bow): 21 1/4 x 9 x 1/2 in. (54.1 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm) E (arrow): 16 1/2 x 1/4 in. (41.9 x .6 cm) diam. F (pick): 13 3/4 x 7 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. (34.8 x 18.1 x 3.5 cm) G (axe): 15 3/8 x 4 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (39.1 x 12.4 x 2.7 cm) H (seat): 27 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. (69.0 x 45.9 x 17.2 cm)

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Department

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Architecture\vehicle\cart

Figure\fragment\skeleton

Object\weapon\bow and arrow

Object\weapon\axe

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk74c82b8ab-7eb5-40fe-b397-441970ba40b8

Record ID

saam_1997.124.91A-H