DepartmentEurope

Organ Grinder with Woman

NameFigure Group

Maker Zygmunt Skretowicz (1902 - 1971)

Date1962, DATED

Place madePOLAND, Europe

MediumWood, Paint

DimensionsOverall: 9 13/16 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (25 x 19 x 10.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.56.753

Object numberA.1980.56.753

DescriptionCarved wooden sculpture of a figure group of a man, a woman, and a parrot. The man has a brown beard, blue coat, black trousers, a multi-colored cap, and holds a brown organ box. A red haired woman wears a long red headscarf, green coat, yellow apron, and red skirt. A large multicolored parrot sits on the woman’s right shoulder.