Sculpture in the form of a caricatured seated hunter

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A carved antler sculpture in the form of a caricature of a hunter mounted on a wood base. The man is seated on a tree stump. He’s wearing a brimmed hat and has painted white eyes and red lips. A dead bird carved from bone hangs from a strip of black leather held in the figurine's proper left hand. On the left is a tree and plant life carved from antler. The pieces include a twelve (12) point antler, a four (4) pronged antler piece, and the base of an antler with the burr at the top. The top of the wooden base is covered in a mosaic of bone pieces.

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