DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Cow

NameSculpture

Artist Linvel Barker

Date1992

(not assigned)Isonville, KENTUCKY, United States

MediumBasswood

Dimensions16 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 14 1/4 in. (42.5451 × 8.89 × 36.1951 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Burt-Sellen Revocable Trust, A.2020.47.11

Object numberA.2020.47.11

DescriptionCarved wood stand cow figurine. The heavy body is supported by four delicate legs and feet. Its underbelly has an udder and teats. It has a tail with a tuff at the end. The cows head has two carved nostrils and a pair of ears with a pair of horns set behind them, both extending perpendicularly for the top of the head.