Pike Decoy / Oscar Peterson
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.216
- Title
- Pike Decoy
- Artist
- Oscar Peterson
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1887 - 1951
- Medium and Support
- carved and painted wood and painted metal
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1928
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Michigan (state)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Michigan (state)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Folk Art
- Dimensions
- 3.5 cm x 19.5 cm x 4.5 cm (1 3/8 in. x 7 11/16 in. x 1 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- carving
- Physical Description
- Carved wooden decoy of a Pike fish; green along dorsal region with yellow underbelly, spots and flecks of yellow, white, and black.
- Subject Matter
- Used for both functional and decorative purposes, the decoy of a Pike fish is typical of Peterson’s basic design consisting of a protruding jaw, with a curved slender body and realistic color techniques. Using wood as his primary material, he also employed metal fittings for fasteners and fins.
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- wood and wood products
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1662 x 785
- File Size
- 174 KB
- Record
- 2002/1.216
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-1.216/2002_1.216.jpg
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"Pike Decoy; Oscar Peterson." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-1.216/2002_1.216.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 02, 2024.