Image with Small Bird (Payatamu, God of Music, Flowers and Butterflies) Item Number: 04.297.5318 from the Brooklyn Museum

Description

This is a wooden figure with only a body, shoulders and head. It has a rectangular torso, round head set on a narrow neck and V-shaped shoulders. It wears a beaded necklace and earrings. The eyes are two small slits. Two thirds of the face is lightly painted, the remainder dark. The torso has two vertical stripes. Although the description says with small bird, none is present.

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund