Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2012.058.017 |
Object Name |
Carving |
Title |
Folk Art Model of a Horse-Drawn Seed Drill |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Credit line |
Donated by John and Edna Vetter and family |
Year Range from |
1956 |
Year Range to |
1985 |
Artist |
Myers, George Louis |
Made |
Myers, George Louis |
Place of Origin |
Hanover, Municipality of West Grey, Grey County |
Description |
Folk art carving of a two-horse team hitched to a green seeder (seed drill). The horses are brown, with medium-brown manes and tails made of hair. They have red eyes, nostrils and mouths, and have stripes on their faces. The horses have leather harnesses which are attached to the green centre shaft. This connects to the seeder. The horses wear dress tack with red yarn on the neck collars and bridles. The seeder is painted green, with two large, black-rimmed wheels at the sides. There is a lever connected to the reins, which lifts the seeder. The seeder and horse team are mounted on a wooden base, which is varnished a light-brown. |
Provenance |
Made by George Louis Myers in Hanover, Grey County. Dates to between 1956 and 1985. Belonged to George Louis Myers. He was born in Sullivan Township, Grey County on April 13, 1897. He was a son of Henry and Augusta Myers (née Drew), who farmed at Lot 17, Concession 4, Sullivan Township. He married Hilda Gateman on May 28, 1924, when he was twenty-six and she was nineteen. His family moved to Hanover, Grey County in 1956, where he began carving. He died on June 30, 1985 at the age of eighty-eight, and is buried in Hanover Cemetery. His son, Maurice H. Myers (1932-1969), was a friend of John Vetter. Last owned by John and Edna Vetter of Waterloo, Ontario, who inherited it in 1968. |
Collection |
Folk Art Collection |
Material |
Wood/Paints/Metal |
Dimensions |
H-21 W-21 L-48 cm |
Found |
Ontario |
People |
Myers, George Louis |
Subjects |
Hanover, Ontario Artists |