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Shotgun wedding
Shotgun wedding
Shotgun wedding

Shotgun wedding

Artist (1892 Chicago, Illinois - 1963 Tesuque, New Mexico)
Dateca. 1960
Mediumcarved and painted wood
Dimensions11 × 12 × 7 in. (27.9 × 30.5 × 17.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Ms. Carolyn Yorston
Terms
    Object numberPC1991.61.2
    DescriptionCarved sculpture showing a couple standing in front of a priest with two figures standing behind. The woman wears a dress and has a large flower on her stomach which appears to bulge with a baby. The man standing behind holds a shotgun.
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