DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Crawfish boil

NameSculpture

Artist Lorraine Gendron (American, born 1937)

Datec. 1995

Place madeHahnville, Louisiana, United States, North America

MediumMississippi mud, wood, paint

Dimensions5 × 9 × 7 in. (12.7 × 22.86 × 17.78 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Burt-Sellen Revocable Trust, A.2020.47.33

Object numberA.2020.47.33

DescriptionSix figures from the viewer's perspective; one is seated at the left; three individuals are seated behind a central table; one is seated at the right stirring a cauldron; one is an infant seated in front of the table. Crawfish are scattered about.