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117207
sculpture
CD94-666
S83-661

Artifact Number79-1849
Current Cultural AffiliationsEnglish Canadian
All AffiliationsEnglish Canadian (culture)
Category08: communication artifacts
Sub-categoryH040: art
Place of OriginCountry - Canada, Province - Ontario
MeasurementsLength 29.5 cm, Width 28.0 cm, Thickness 5.0 cm
Artist / Maker / ManufacturerCockayne, Mr. George
TitlePEEWEE
Earliest Possible Date1932/01/01
Latest Possible Date1932/12/31
CaptionPeewee, Madoc, Ontario, ca. 1930
Additional InformationGeorge Cockayne's carvings are at the margin of what is usually considered folk art; yet he shares with many little-known and untrained artists an awesome creative skill and imagination. This carving was done while he was a farmhand and logger, living on an island in the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario. He trained a ferret, which he named "Peewee," to assist him and his Great Dane to hunt rabbits, whose meat supplemented his meagre diet. As we see here, "When the ferret goes snooping around in the hole, the rabbit pops out." All the important details of this period of Mr. Cockayne's life are present in the composition--his dog, the ferret cage, his cabin and rowboat, and, surmounting the whole composition, his ferret.
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117906
CD94-684
S89-1733
105537
CD94-327
S81-3410
389580
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