Feral Science (after Harry Harlow)
Date2007
Artist
Wendy Coburn
Canadian, 1963 - 2015
Mediumbronze
Dimensions23.2 x 34.5 x 15 cm
Other (base): 1 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm (3/8 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Other (base): 1 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm (3/8 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Coburn Family.
Object numberHH2020.003
DescriptionSculpture based on the cloth-covered "mother" of psychologist Harry Harlow's research with Rhesus monkeys, on the nature of love and affection. It has a long, textured "body" and robotic-looking head, fixed on an angle onto a flat base.Collections
- Hart House Collection
Henrietta Hancock Britton