Artist:

Ben Miller, born KY 1917  Search this

Medium:

carved, stained, and varnished dogwood or white ash with plastic and felt- tipped pen and ink

Dimensions:

38 x 8 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (96.5 x 20.7 x 3.3 cm.)

Type:

Sculpture

Folk Art

Date:

ca. 1968

Luce Center Label:

Artists decorate canes with a wide variety of images, from traditional carvings of snakes and birds, to nude women, political figures, and celebrities. Some artists highlight the natural shape of the wood by applying relief designs onto twisted branches and roots, while others carve three-dimensional shapes into the shaft. Images of animals are the most popular decoration, but many canes also show patriotic, fraternal, and political themes. (George Meyer, American Folk Art Canes, 1992)

Topic:

Animal\reptile\snake  Search this

Animal\reptile\lizard  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

1986.65.1

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 28A

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

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

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk79064127b-df63-4940-94b7-0259a3b521e5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1986.65.1