LionDecember 30, 197737 1/2 × 91 × 12"Cottonwood, hair, paint, rubber toes, and glass eyesBequest of Tom Conway1988.22.10(including construction) Elongated figure of lion with fron and back legs stretched forward and rear pulled back and raised as though ready to pounce. Mouth is open with teeth bared and tongue protruding. Matted mane of sisal glued to head, body painted golden ocher with white underbelly, pointed black rubber toes inserted into each paw. Incised eyes painted green with black outline; "scratches" stained and incised around face and tongue; edges of mouth outlined in black paint. Ears protruding through mane. Ears, legs, teeth, tongue, scrotum and tail separately carved and applied. Tail removed, to be inserted in hole bored through body above lion's genitals.152665646Felipe Benito ArchuletaAlonzo JiminezSculptureCopyright for this work is under review. in red paint underside: 'F.B.A. lion A.J. 12-30-77'TesuqueTesuqueUnited StatesNew MexicoThree Dimensional WorksAdam ReichTesuqueSCULPTUREAlonzo Jiminez was born in Chupadero, but moved to San Francisco with his mother at the age of sixteen. Sometime after 1972, when he moved back to New Mexico, he was taken in by Felipe Archuleta and they worked together until 1978. This piece was carved in 1977, a short time before Jiminez branched out on his own.Object information is a work in progress and
may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the
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To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org19771977 1988 22 1 SCULPTUREAlonzo Jiminez was born in Chupadero, but moved to San Francisco with his mother at the age of sixteen. Sometime after 1972, when he moved back to New Mexico, he was taken in by Felipe Archuleta and they worked together until 1978. This piece was carved in 1977, a short time before Jiminez branched out on his own.Object information is a work in progress and
may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the
American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org