Sculpture, pitchfork

NameSculpture

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1990s

Place madeHaiti, Caribbean

Place collectedPort-au-Prince, Haiti, Caribbean

MediumMetal (steel drum)

Dimensions26 × 8 7/8 × 1/16 in. (66 × 22.5 × 0.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Dr. William T. Waters, A.2018.37.33

Terms

value (economic concept)

Object numberA.2018.37.33

ProvenancePurchased by donor at Iron Market, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Caribbean.

DescriptionThis sculpture is comprised of metal; with an overall pitchfork shape. There is an open circle shape at the top of the handle. Along the shaft there are ten branch shaped protrusions with a tendril like structures at the end of each branch. At the bottom of the shaft the pitchfork terminates in three points.