Woman and Tree with Birds Nesting
Object Details
- Artist
- Unidentified
- Luce Center Label
- In this sculpture the curved, hollow nest in front of the woman’s stomach suggests pregnancy. The eggs in the nest, watched over by two birds, also symbolize new life and family. The carving may have been given as a good-luck charm to a friend or relation who was expecting a child.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- after 1900
- Object number
- 1986.65.340
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- carved and painted wood with metal
- Dimensions
- 17 1/2 x 10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. (44.3 x 26.9 x 20.5 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, 27A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Landscape\tree
- Animal\bird
- Figure female\full length
- Record ID
- saam_1986.65.340
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7affcaa28-3d67-4142-827b-bb9d57dbf23e
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