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Pretendians
Artist
Hayden Haynes
(Onödowa’ga:’ (Seneca Deer Clan,) Kiowa, Mvskoke, born 1983)
Date2024
Dimensions5 1/2 x 2 in. (14 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsNATIVE AMERICAN
Credit LineMuseum Purchase with the Robert and Hertha Rockwell Deaccession Fund in honor of The Rockwell Ambassadors
Object number2024.9
DescriptionCreated primarily with wooden beads and antlers from deer and moose, small painted and stained wooden beads alternate colors on a string to form a necklace. In cubes, resembling alphabet blocks, are letters selling out the word "Representative" separated by smaller red beads engraved with letters spelling out "Pretendian". The pendant of the necklace is a figure of a man with dark skin, Native-style moccasins, and an American flag shirt with white pants decorated with a stylized bird in black. He holds a jack-o-lantern in his right hand, as if trick-or-treating. In his left, he holds a red mask. Separated from his body by a string of beads that matches the rest of the necklace, the figure has a ghostly white, pinched pace, with short brown hair severely parted to one side. Collections
- Native Now
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