Artist Peter Jones (b. 1947, Onondaga (Haudenosaunee), Beaver Clan)

Deer Dancer

Date1990-2009

MediumClay

DimensionsOverall: 20 × 5 1/2 in. (50.8 × 14 cm)

Object numberN0009.2009(03)

Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of John P.D. Wilkinson

Photograph by Richard Walker

Label TextAccording to the artist Peter Jones, “Animals used to talk to us and it was from them that we learned about medicines and food. In our dances of celebrations of these creatures, they would come to life in human form. In most of my work I concentrate on the hands and faces of people as these are the most expressive features of the human race.” This Deer Dancer is part of a series of animalistic figures inspired by oral stories and legends that have been handed down through generations.

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