The First Battle of Little Sparta, February 4, 1983 (Flute, Begin with Me), 1984
Scope and Contents
The medal depicts an automatic machine gun as a metaphor for a flute; commemorates first episode of an assult by the Strathclyde Region tax collectors on Finlay's home. The leaflet accompanyimg this medal commemorating the incident is a visual pun on Virgil's flute, with the vents in the barrel-sleeve as the finger-stops. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1984
Creator
- Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006 (Person)
Extent
2 items (2 objects) : 1 medal (brass plated aluminum) + folded leaflet ; 3 x 6 cm (medal) + 20 x 14 cm (leaflet)
Language of Materials
English
Original Sackner Archive Location
glass case 2 bedroom
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Materials Specific Details
Published: Dunsyre Lanark, Scotland : Wild Hawthorn Press. Nationality of creator: Scottish. Copies: About 30 total copies.
Processing Information
Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921