Shakers Bowing

Marshall Rumbaugh Shaker carving Marshall Rumbaugh Shaker carving

Marshall Rumbaugh Shaker carving

Tear Sheet


Marshall Rumbaugh (b. 1948)

2021

carved and paintd lindenwood

Ht. 19 ½”, W. 25 ¾”, D. 14”

Signed and dated “Marshall Rumbaugh 2021”

$15,000

Artist Statement:

The practice of Shaker women bowing was not an indication of their subservience to men.  In fact, Shaker society was very egalitarian, it being a religious society founded by a woman and run by both elders and eldresses.  Shakers bowed during their dances as a symbolic act of humility, a personal trait they valued above all, as illustrated by the words of the Shaker song:

I will bow and be simple

I will bow and be free

I will bow and be humble

Yea thou like the willow tree.

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