DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Feeding chickens

NameSculpture

Artist Lorraine Gendron (American, born 1937)

Datec. 1995

Place madeHahnville, Louisiana, United States, North America

MediumMississippi mud, wood, paint

Dimensions6 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 3 in. (16.51 × 19.05 × 7.62 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Burt-Sellen Revocable Trust, A.2020.47.34

Object numberA.2020.47.34

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionDepiction of a woman with brown skin and black hair. She is wearing a white scarf, white blouse, brown skirt, and white apron. She is holding a container in her hands. At her feet are four chickens and a goose.

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