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Figure of America

Julius Goltzius, Dutch, died ca. 1595

Panel in gadrooned frame. Semi-nude female figure with feather headdress, holding bow and sceptre, seated in chariot drawn by two unicorns; in foreground, an armadillo in background, men with bows inside and outside a circular enclosure. At top right, the word "America" is faintly visible.

Date: late 17th–early 18th century
Type: woodwork
Medium: fruitwood
Department: CHNDM
Institution: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Object number: chndm_1960-1-15-d
Credit: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde

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