Plowing

NameFigure

Maker Vincenzo Ancona

CultureSicilian- American

Dateca. late 1970s/1980s

Place madeBrooklyn, New York, United States, North America

MediumColored telephone wire, wood

Dimensions7 1/16 × 13 3/8 × 6 11/16 in. (18 × 34 × 17 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Fran Favaloro, A.2016.11.3

Object numberA.2016.11.3

DescriptionScene is mounted on wooden board. Figure of a person wearing a hat and large animal (probably donkey or horse). Both made of multi-colored telephone wire. Animal is connected to a model of a plow. The plow is made of wood with a piece of shiny gold metal for the blade. Person is standing behind the plow.