Penguin

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Object Details

Attributed to

Augustus Aaron Wilson, born Mt. Desert Island, ME 1864-died Portland, ME 1950

Luce Center Label

The Nantucket Yacht Club used these two penguins as fence post ornaments. Augustus Wilson carved the wooden birds using simple tools, including a Boy Scout knife from the five-and-dime store, a handsaw, a hatchet, and a chisel to shape the bodies and outline the wings.

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

Date

ca. 1900-1940

Object number

1986.65.386

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Sculpture

Folk Art

Medium

carved and painted wood with metal

Dimensions

19 5/8 x 9 7/8 x 9 in. (50.0 x 25.1 x 23.0 cm.)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Painting and Sculpture

On View

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 27B

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Animal\bird\penguin

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a1a9a2d4-8480-4a8b-b085-d58426deedec

Record ID

saam_1986.65.386