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Howdy Doody

Howdy Doody, 1948

Velma Dawson, American, 1912 - 2007

Plastic wood, cloth, leather, and wood

Framed: Overall: 27 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (69.9 × 19.1 × 11.4 cm)

2001.53

Gift of the National Broadcasting Company, Inc.

Collection Highlights

Mushhushshu-dragon, Symbol of the God Marduk, 604 - 562 BCE

Babylonian, Mesopotamian

Peacock-shaped Incense Burner, late 15th - mid 16th century

Indian

Velvet Panel, late 16th century

Islamic, Turkish

The Last Indian Market, 2015

Cara Romero

Reading the Fate of the Christ Child, 1667

Josefa De Ayala

And Life Anew..., 1940

Rita Kernn-Larsen

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Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

American Art before 1950

American Art before 1950

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Center for African American Art

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Contemporary Art after 1950

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European Modern Art to 1950

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Greco-Roman and Ancient European

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