VTG 1989 13"Indian Chief with Headdress Artistic Native American Statue

Description

VTG 13"Indian Chief with Headdress Artistic Design Native American Statue.
This statue was purchased in 1989 in Mammoth, California, a Northern California town with several thousand years of Native American history
The Native American Paiute and Shoshone tribes have lived in the region for at least a thousand years. It is hard to say exactly when the first people called Mammoth Lakes home, however, as it is likely others came before them.
Local Paiutes lived in dome shelters they built from willow, grass and sagebrush. Along with making pottery and pipes from clay they also were known for the beautiful willow baskets they weaved.
Though historical records are ambivalent, it is presumed that the first outside explorers to arrive in the Eastern Sierra of California was Jebediah Smith.
This item was made by Universal Statuary which
does
not have any associations with native American tribes
.
Item infections include pencil graphite on the back of the headdress also a little Dusty from being displayed please see pictures for more details