377. Kettle Bird

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Title: Kettle Bird (as titled in Presentation Portfolio II)
Date: Before  Dec 1988
Subject: Bird
Measurements: 21.7” H
Materials and Techniques: Shoe lasts, cork, metal pieces, assorted wooden pieces
Description: This piece depicts a long-necked bird. The bird’s body is made of a large, dark, round caped mound. A metal piece projects out of the back of the piece, capped with a small, black circle, which looks to be made of wood. A similar metal form, this one shaped like “S”-curve, projects out of the front of the form. A wooden shoe last, is attached to the top of the curve, completing the form as the bird’s head and beak.
Signed: Unknown
Status: Unseen