Willow Back Rest
Arts of the Americas
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Several Seats
MEDIUM
Backrest (a): Willow, wool, deer hide, sinew
Tripod (b): Wood, hide
DATES
2010
DIMENSIONS
assembled dimensions: 57 × 47 1/2 × 57 in. (144.8 × 120.7 × 144.8 cm)
Backrest: 69 3/4 × 24 × 1/2 in. (177.2 × 61 × 1.3 cm)
Tripod: 64 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 1 in. (164.5 × 8.3 × 2.5 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
2011.33.3a-b
CREDIT LINE
Brooklyn Museum Collection
PROVENANCE
2011, commissioned from the artist by the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Trapezoidal-shaped backrest (a) made of thin willow rods tied together with sinew and edged with red wool cloth. The top of the backrest has a "handle" of deer hide covered with red wool cloth that hangs down in two bands that are woven into the top of the backrest. The handle is used to suspend the backrest from a tripod of wood sticks (b). The number 69312 is written on the back of one of the willow rods in black ink.
Condition: good. Some soiling on wool cloth.
CAPTION
Ken Woody (Mohawk, born 1964). Willow Back Rest, 2010. Backrest (a): Willow, wool, deer hide, sinew
Tripod (b): Wood, hide, assembled dimensions: 57 × 47 1/2 × 57 in. (144.8 × 120.7 × 144.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 2011.33.3a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2011.33.3a-b_overall_PS22.jpg)
IMAGE
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