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2018.10.293

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Untitled (Pitchfork)

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Artist

Italo Scanga (Italo Pasquale Bernardo Scanga) (Lago, Calabria, Italy, June 6, 1932 – July 27, 2001, San Diego, California)

Title

Untitled (Pitchfork)

Creation Date

1977

Century

mid-20th century

Dimensions

85 x 7 x 4 1/2 in. (215.9 x 17.78 x 11.43 cm)

Classification

Sculpture

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

iron pitchfork and reeds on wooden handle

Credit Line

Archival Collection of Marion Boulton Stroud and Acadia Summer Arts Program, Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Gift from the Marion Boulton "Kippy" Stroud Foundation

Copyright

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Accession Number

2018.10.293

Object Description

An old-fashioned hay fork (pitchfork) with three curved, sharp tines wrapped in chair-seat type reeds woven around the tines to cover the head.