Crown of thorns three-section plant stand

NameSculpture

Maker Mike Amersek

Place madeJerome, Arizona, United States, North America

MediumPine, from dynamite crates and redwood

Dimensions36 5/8 × 39 3/8 × 16 15/16 in. (93 × 100 × 43 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mike Amersek III, A.2018.38.1

Object numberA.2018.38.1

ProvenanceMike, Jr. (son) and Mettie Amersek inherited this object from Mike, Sr. (father) in 1967. Mike Amersek III (grandson of maker) received it by gift from Mettie Amersek (daughter-in-law of maker) in 2001. See more biographical information for maker in object file.

DescriptionThree-section plant stand done in puzzlework (crown of thorns) style in light gold (pine) and dark red (redwood) woods.