NATIONAL-MILITARY-HOME-OHIO
Unknown
1900
- Medium
- carved and painted wood, glass beads, and brass tacks
- Genre
- Sculpture
Styles
Tags
Clothing and dressanimalssnakesReptileEmblemsFigure malehatsDress accessories
About
An unknown artist in the National Military Home in Dayton, Ohio, created this piece. The facility, established in the 1860s, housed several thousand military veterans, who occupied their time with painting and wood carving. The figure appears to be Middle Eastern. The phrase on his turban, Alah Il Alah (correctly spelled Allah Il Allah), meaning “God is God,” is from a Muslim prayer, but this gives us no clue as to why the artist chose this image.
![[People playing golf]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/f6d500be-936d-494c-9803-89676189f118/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![[Cheval tenu par un jeune homme]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/aade0d92-b65d-4201-a4ef-85a09a7f4879/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![[A parade of children, one being pulled in a cart]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/1570ccf8-c84e-4a00-abf8-4fe80afebfda/full/843,/0/default.jpg)