Marshall Rumbaugh Shaker carving
Shakers Bowing
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.