Research Collections
Date
1970 – 1970
Material
plaster; skin; metal; wood
Catalogue Number
107.02.0006
Description
A smoothly carved plaster bird (partridge or grouse) with a small leather crest on top of its head and metal legs. The bird has a red head with a white stripe around each eye that extends to encircle the head and neck, dark grey body, white belly and a red stripe under each wing. The bird stands …
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Title
Bird Figurine
Date
1970 – 1970
Material
plaster; skin; metal; wood
Dimensions
8.2; 3.3 (base) x 4.5; 6.5 (base) x 10.8; 6.5 (base) cm
Description
A smoothly carved plaster bird (partridge or grouse) with a small leather crest on top of its head and metal legs. The bird has a red head with a white stripe around each eye that extends to encircle the head and neck, dark grey body, white belly and a red stripe under each wing. The bird stands on a round slice of tree branch or trunk. The bottom marked with a maker’s mark “HAL” joined together and “70.”
Subject
households
animals, birds
crafts
carving
Hal Bieler
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0006
Images
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