"MINUTE MAID" Articulated Figure
Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- This figure is similar to Southern minstrel dancing dolls, or “limberjacks,” which were loosely jointed and attached to a stick. Owners of these dolls placed them on a thin board, which they tapped with their fingers to make the figures dance. An unknown artist made this doll from found objects, perhaps to resemble the singer Bing Crosby. (American Folk Art: The Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. Collection, 1981)
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Date
- ca. 1950s
- Object number
- 1986.65.277
- Artist
- Unidentified
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- "Minute Maid" orange juice can, carved and painted wood, and turned iron
- Dimensions
- 10 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (26.7 x 9.0 x 7.0 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
- Topic
- Dress\accessory\hat
- Figure male\full length
- Object\fruit\orange
- Record ID
- saam_1986.65.277
