Smithsonian Institution

Uncle Sam Recruiting Figure

ca. 1916-1918

Type: Sculpture; Folk Art
Medium: carved and painted wood and mixed media
Dimensions: 59 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (151.0 x 26.7 x 54.6 cm.)
Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

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