Smithsonian American Art Museum
Penguin
Augustus Aaron Wilson, born Mt. Desert Island, ME 1864-died Portland, ME 1950 · ca. 1900-1940
The Nantucket Yacht Club used these two penguins as fence post ornaments. Augustus Wilson carved the wooden birds using simple tools, including a Boy Scout knife from the five-and-dime store, a handsaw, a hatchet, and a chisel to shape the bodies and outline the wings.
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