I Always Did 'Spise a Mule

Art

Museum of Arts and Sciences

Name/Title

"I Always Did 'Spise a Mule"

Entry/Object ID

A1994.01.13

Description

Place a coin in the rider's mouth and push the button (on base); the mule kicks up his hind legs and throws the rider forward. The rider's head strikes the log and the rider to their orginal positions. Listed in the 1902 Harper Catalog

Artwork Details

Medium

Cast iron and pant

Collection

Permanent Collection

Acquisition

Accession

A1994.01.01-15

Source or Donor

Mrs.William P. (Betty Sweet) Simmons

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Betty Sweet Simmons given in memory of William Park Stevens, III, Robert Jinks Taylor Stevens, and Smith Simmons Ladson