DepartmentLatin America

Sculpture, shovel

NameSculpture

Artist Artist unrecorded

Date1990s

Place madeHaiti, Caribbean

Place collectedPort-au-Prince, Haiti, Caribbean

MediumMetal (steel drum)

Dimensions26 × 7 15/16 × 1/16 in. (66 × 20.1 × 0.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Dr. William T. Waters, A.2018.37.32

Terms

value (economic concept)

Object numberA.2018.37.32

ProvenancePurchased by donor at Iron Market, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Caribbean.

DescriptionThis sculpture is comprised of metal with an overall shovel shape. The top of the shovel handle there is an open triangle shape. At the center of the shaft there is a heart shape with 8 swirl like shapes surrounding the heart. The bottom of the shovel has a rounded square shape.