Untitled (bird cage, re-lynching) / Tyree Guyton
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.312
- Title
- Untitled (bird cage, re-lynching)
- Artist
- Tyree Guyton
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1955
- Medium and Support
- metal bird cage stand, American flag, rubber elements, metal bell and rectangular-shaped screen
- Object Creation Date
- 1980-2010
- Credit Line
- Gift of H. David Zucca
- Inscription
- signature on base
- Dimensions
- 167.64 x 40.64 x 27.94 cm (66 x 16 x 11 in.)
- Physical Description
- A splatter painted bird cage stand with a rounded top cage on top in red, green, orange, white and blue. There is mesh on one side of the bottom of the cage that is also splatter painted. Inside the cage hanging from the top is a small bell, part of an American flag and a replica of a human penis, painted black, hanging upside down.
- Secondary Keywords
- hollow-bodied
- american regions
- animal husbandry containers
- bells and sets of bells
- chordophones
- containers
- containers by function or context
- directly struck idiophones
- identifying artifacts
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- north american
- objects we use
- people and culture
- percussion idiophones
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck idiophones
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the americas
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2012 x 3888
- File Size
- 157 KB
- Record
- 2013/2.312
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.312/2013_2.312.jpg
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"Untitled (bird cage, re-lynching); Tyree Guyton." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.312/2013_2.312.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.