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Wild Turkeys
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Wild Turkeys

Artist/Maker Walter T. Matia United States, born 1953
Date2002
MediumBronze
Dimensions51 × 72 × 27 in. (129.5 × 182.9 × 68.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Orvis Company, John Drinko, and Leigh Perkins; The National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2002.050
ClassificationsSculpture
Keyword
SignedSigned
InscribedSigned W.T.Matia 2002.
On View
On view
DescriptionSculpture of wild turkeys standing on a piece of bark at various heights.
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