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The image shows a rusted agricultural tool resembling a pickaxe with one pointed end and a curved hook on the opposite side. The color palette is mainly brown and rust tones against an off-white background. The tool is positioned vertically, slightly angled to the right, with the pointed end facing upwards and the curved hook extending to the right. A small round object is nestled inside the tool's base at the bottom.
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The image shows a rusted agricultural tool resembling a pickaxe with one pointed end and a curved hook on the opposite side. The color palette is mainly brown and rust tones against an off-white background. The tool is positioned vertically, slightly angled to the right, with the pointed end facing upwards and the curved hook extending to the right. A small round object is nestled inside the tool's base at the bottom.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bent Raider or Pike

Orison Daeda

Date
1939
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 35.7 x 24.4 cm (14 1/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.11852
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Menomonie
  • American
Inscription

lower right in graphite: Orson Daeda 1939

NGA object ID 23946. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.