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Porcupine with Pencil Quills
Porcupine with Pencil Quills
Porcupine with Pencil Quills
DepartmentHispano

Porcupine with Pencil Quills

NameAnimal figure
Artist Artist Not Recorded
CultureHispano
Place madeNew Mexico, United States, North America
MediumWood, painting, glue, wood chips
Dimensions17 5/16 × 19 11/16 × 33 1/16 in. (44 × 50 × 84 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Charmay Allred, A.2015.8.12
Object numberA.2015.8.12
ProvenancePart of Charmay Allred Collection, late 1980s-1990s to 2010; Waiting for dates and possible attributions from Davis Mather.
DescriptionA brown porcupine consisting of a brown wooden base figure with wood chips strewn all over the body and then many pencil-shaped white tipped pieces of wood inserted into the base to form the quills. The eyes appear to be marbles.
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