FIGURINE OF A MUSICIAN (ONE OF SEVEN)
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Library
About this object
The musicians are carved in ivory and they stand on barrels carved in wood. The main part of the barrels is in a natural color and the part representing the iron hoops is stained black. They have been carved from several pieces of ivory and pierced together. .6 plays the guitar/mandolin. He holds the neck with his left hand and plays with his right. He wears a pointed hat, a long coat, trousers and boots.
- Object name:
- FIGURINE OF A MUSICIAN (ONE OF SEVEN)
- Made from:
- Ivory -- wood
- Made in:
- GERMANY
- Date made:
- 18th c.
- Size:
- 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.9.6
- Class:
- IVORY
- Signature marks:
- MARK on back of hat: 7047
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973