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Corked clear-glass milk bottle containing a carved wooden figure symbolizing the plantation life endured by the artist's father. The artist was Frederick I. Douglas (1871-1933), born in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, and the son of a former slave. Douglas worked as a gristmill operator and chauffeur. Late in life, he took up the craft of assembling sculptures in bottles, a form of folk art known as a bottle whimsy. Douglas began carving in 1927 and died in 1933.
Creator: Frederick I. Douglas
Date: between 1927 and 1933
Item Number: 223444
Call Number: 1982.163.1
KSHS Identifier: 1982.163.1
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Artists
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Sculpture - Novelty
People - African Americans - Exodusters
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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