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Maker(s):Unidentified maker
Title:Jenny Lind Figurehead
Date Made:1860-1899
Type:Sculpture
Materials:wood carving
Measurements:overall: 79 1/2 in x 22 in x 22 in; 201.93 cm x 55.88 cm x 55.88 cm
Accession Number:  UM 1967.5
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. Gilbert May and Mr. George Abraham, Granville, MA
Museum Collection:  University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst
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Description:
Carved wooden figurehead from a 19th century ship depicting of a female figure that resembles the Swedish Nightingale soprano Jenny Lind.

Tags:
sculpture; women; heads; faces; figures; music

Subjects:
Music; Anatomy; Face; figures (representations); Head--Anatomy; Sculpture; Women

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