Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2009.082.001 |
Object Name |
Carving |
Title |
Double Horse Team and Log Sled Carving |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Date |
Likely circa 1970 |
Year Range from |
1965 |
Year Range to |
1970 |
Artist |
Brown, J. Erskine Horton |
Made |
Brown, James Erskine Horton |
Place of Origin |
Grey County, Ontario |
Description |
Wooden folk art carving depicting a red-capped driver on a logging sled pulled by two horses. The horse are painted brown and have white blazes and feet. The load of nine "logs" is secured by a miniature chain and a chain binder, just like a real log sled. The rear right sleigh runner also has a chain-style sleigh brake attached. The carving is mounted on a plywood base. |
Provenance |
Made by Erskine Brown, who was a Grey County farmer. He was born in Derby Township on March 17, 1892, at Lot 12, Concession 6. He attended S. S.#2 Derby School (known as Dunn's School). Brown lived on the farm where he was born until 1959, when he moved to Thornbury, Grey County. He made many folk art woodcarvings in the 1950s and 1960s. He sold this item to a Mrs. Dinsmore of Collingwood Township, circa 1970. She later gave it as gift to her son, Andrew Dinsmore of Annan, Grey County. Erskine Brown died in 1981, and is buried in Owen Sound's Greenwood Cemetery. |
Collection |
Folk Art Collection |
Material |
Wood/Metal/Leather/Paint |
Dimensions |
H-9.843 W-8.071 L-24.016 inches |
Found |
Annan, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
Brown, Erskine |
Subjects |
Carving Folk art Logs |
Function |
A folk art carving made by Erskine Brown of Grey County. It depicts a loaded log sled. In the winter months, many Grey County farmers had logs taken out of their bush lots and transported them to local sawmills. |