Man repairing electric pole

NameLineman figure

Maker Luiz Antonio da Silva

DateLate 1990s - early 2000s

Place madeAlto do Moura, Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil, South America

MediumCeramic, paint, metal wire

Dimensions13 3/16 × 5 7/8 × 3 5/16 in. (33.5 × 15 × 8.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Antonio C. La Pastina and Dale A. Rice

Object numberA.2013.30.10

DescriptionMan in blue uniform and orange hard hat sits atop a telephone pole with various wires, resistors and capacitors attached to a horizontal ladder-like top piece and a vertical ladder-like pole painted in brown, red and black. The man holds a silver crescent wrench in his right hand and in his left hand, a silver wire, which contacts a brown wire on the pole. Signed on the octagonal base "Luiz Antonio"