Baboon and Baby Chimpanzee, [Plaster]

Dublin Core

Title

Baboon and Baby Chimpanzee, [Plaster]

Subject

Animal sculpture--20th century

Description

Nickel plated plaster of Baboon and Baby Chimpanzee. The green is from years of oxidation of the plating over the plaster.

A baboon holds a baby chimp to her chest. The baby chimp has its back to the baboon. The small chimp has its proper right leg outstretched and is foot on the baboons proper right knee. The baboon holds most of the baby chimp with her proper left hand. The chimps tail hangs at the proper left foot of the chimp and the proper left foot of the baboon. This section does not have the head of the baboon attached.

Creator

Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998

Date

1939

Rights

Use of this image requires permission from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum

Type

Sculpture

Coverage

University Center (Mich.)

Sculpture Item Type Metadata

Physical Dimensions

15" h

Materials

Plaster

Catalog Number

2000.310

Object Location

Storage Room B - B4

Provenance

11/15/2000 gifted to MFSM

Files

2000.310.jpg

Citation

Fredericks, Marshall M., 1908-1998, “Baboon and Baby Chimpanzee, [Plaster],” Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, accessed December 27, 2024, https://omeka.svsu.edu/items/show/6419.