Worrying Mother Pig Toy

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Object Details

Artist

Unidentified

Luce Center Label

Farmers often carved scenes of animals and chores as toys for their children. This sculpture shows a mother pig attempting to carry her young away from a man who carries some kind of weapon and is trying to capture the animals.

Credit Line

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

Date

20th century (pre-1960s)

Object number

1986.65.341

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Sculpture

Folk Art

Medium

carved and stained wood with wire, screws, and nails

Dimensions

6 x 11 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. (15.2 x 28.6 x 16.2 cm.)

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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

Figure male\bust

Animal\pig

Occupation\farm\farmer

State of being\mood\worry

Object\weapon\gun

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73fdddd17-eb45-4712-8ca0-8158e23c1257

Record ID

saam_1986.65.341