Object Record
Images
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2012.058.013 |
Object Name |
Carving |
Title |
Folk Art Horse-Drawn Land Roller |
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 red land roller farm contraption drawn by a team of two horses. It is made of painted wood. One horse is brown, with a light-brown mane and a tail made of hair. It has white on the middle of its legs, red eyes and nostrils, and a white star on its face. The other horse is black, with a light-brown mane and a tail made of hair. It has white on the middle of its legs, red eyes and nostrils, and a white stripe on its face. The horses wear leather harnesses and collars, which are attached to the centre shaft of the land roller. The land roller has a seat on top, where the driver would sit to steer the horses. |
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 |
Dimensions |
H-1.8 W-20 L-36 cm |
Found |
Ontario |
People |
Myers, George Louis |
Subjects |
Hanover, Ontario Artists |