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  • Unidentified, Bottlecap Giraffe, completed after 1966, carved and painted wood, bottlecaps, rubber, glass, animal hair and fur, and sheet metal, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.283

Title
Bottlecap Giraffe
Artist
Unidentified
Date
completed after 1966
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
72 1⁄2 x 54 x 17 1⁄2 in. (184.2 x 137.2 x 44.5 cm.)
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

Mediums
bottlecap
plant material
plywood
rubber
Mediums Description
carved and painted wood, bottlecaps, rubber, glass, animal hair and fur, and sheet metal
Classifications
Sculpture
Assemblage
Keywords
  • Fantasy – animal – giraffe
  • Animal – giraffe
Object Number
1986.65.283
Palette
Linked Open Data URI
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