Bottle cap snake

NameSculpture

Maker Felipe Benito Archuleta (1910-1991)

CultureHispano

Dateca. 1983

Place madeTesuque, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumBottle caps, wood, glass, leather, plastic, paint

Dimensions59 1/16 × 1 15/16 in. (150 × 5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Robert D. Graff, A.2015.9.2

Object numberA.2015.9.2

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

DescriptionRattlesnake made up of bottlecaps threaded on somthing? The body is painted white underneath with stripes of gray and brown , with white splotches on each side. The tail is carved with wood to represent rattles. The head is also gray and brown and has an open mouthexposing a forked leather tongue and what appears to be four white plastic fangs.