DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Carved wagon cigarette dispenser
NameSculpture
Artist
W. F. Fitzgerald
Date20th century
Place madeColorado, United States, North America
MediumWood, paint, copper wire, varnish, glue
Dimensions6 1/8 × 4 5/8 × 13 3/8 in. (15.6 × 11.7 × 34 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of W.E. Channing, A.2012.13.1
Object numberA.2012.13.1
DescriptionCarved wood covered wagon drawn by two oxen. A boy and dog are riding on the seat and a man walks along the side. The wagon, man, oxen, and carved tree are all attached to two joined sections of tree bark. The canvas part of the wagon can be moved up and down to dispense a cigarette. Signed on bottom in script, "Handmade by W.F. Fitzgerald."
1979, vendor
c. 1948
