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Metadata
Object ID # |
2012.058.001 |
Object Name |
Carving |
Title |
Folk Art Winter-Time Hay Wagon |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Credit line |
Donated by John and Edna Vetter and family |
Date |
1956 - 1985 |
Year Range from |
1956 |
Year Range to |
1985 |
Artist |
Myers, George Louis |
Made |
Myers, George Louis |
Place of Origin |
Hanover, Grey County |
Description |
Painted, wooden folk art carving of a hay wagon on sleigh runners (depicting winter). It depicts a male driver standing and holding reins made of dark cord. The driver has cloth clothing and fuzzy hair. The two carved horses are painted black, with white feet and blazes. Their black leather harnesses have red, tassel-like thread decorations. Their manes and tails have inset hair. The wagon body is painted green, while the sleigh and tongue are painted red. The carving is mounted on a rectangular board. |
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/Paint/Metal/Cord/Hair/Cloth/Thread |
Found |
Ontario |
People |
Myers, George Louis |
Subjects |
Artists |
Search Terms |
Hanover |